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US 11,439,454 B2Granted
Teleoperated surgical system equipment with user interface
AssigneeIntuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
InventorsJulie L. Berry, Paul W. Mohr
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Abstract
A method comprises simultaneously presenting on a display a plurality of graphical screen sections, each graphical screen section comprising adjustable control settings. The plurality of graphical screen sections respectively align with a plurality of connector ports, and each connector port is configured to be operably coupled with a surgical instrument.
Claims18
A method, comprising:
- receiving, at a single display screen of a flux supply unit, input at one or both of a first control of a first graphical user interface section and a second control of a second graphical user interface section, wherein:
- the first graphical user interface section of the display screen aligns along a first axis with a first connector port configured to be operably coupled to a surgical instrument, the first graphical user interface section comprising a first indicator extending along the first axis and providing a visual association between the first graphical user interface section and the first connector port,
- the second graphical user interface section of the display screen aligns along a second axis with a second connector port configured to be operably coupled to a surgical instrument, the second graphical user interface section comprising a second indicator extending along the second axis and providing a visual association between the second graphical user interface section and the second connector port, and
- the first graphical user interface section and the second graphical user interface section are simultaneously available to receive input at the display screen;
- adjusting an appearance of one or both of the first indicator and the second indicator in response to a respective surgical instrument in a connected state with one or both of the first connector port or the second connector port comprising a storage device storing information about the respective surgical instrument;
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- adjusting an output of one or both of the first connector port and the second connector port based on the input.
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