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US 12,611,272 B2Granted
Surgical robotic system with user engagement monitoring
AssigneeCovidien LP
InventorsK V S Manoj Kumar Vadali, Sweta Anil Nawate
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Abstract
A robotic surgical system includes a surgical console with a tracking device for determining whether a user is engaged with the surgical console and controls a mode of operation of at least one component of the robotic surgical system based on whether or not the user is engaged with the surgical console.
Claims17
A robotic surgical system, comprising:
- a robotic arm including a camera coupled thereto, the camera including a light emitter and configured to transmit video;
- and
- a surgical console including:
- a handle communicatively coupled to at least one of the robotic arm or the camera;
- a display device configured to display video transmitted from the camera;
- a tracking device including an image capture device configured to capture an image of a user position reference point;
- and
- a computer configured to:
- compute, based on the captured image, a position of the user position reference point relative to the display device;
- determine whether a user is engaged with or disengaged from the surgical console based on the computed position;
- and
- in response to a determination that the user is disengaged from the surgical console for a predetermined amount of time, perform at least one of the following:
- cause the camera to reduce video transmission quality by reducing a baud rate of the camera or cause the camera to stop video transmission;
- reduce a brightness level of the display device or reduce an intensity of the light emitter of the camera;
- or
- adjust internal communication parameters between components of the robotic surgical system.
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A robotic surgical system, comprising:
- a camera configured to transmit video;
- and
- a surgical console including:
- a handle communicatively coupled to a surgical instrument;
- a display device configured to display video transmitted from the camera;
- a tracking device configured to track a position of a user operating the surgical console;
- and
- a computer configured to:
- determine whether a user is engaged with or disengaged from the display device of the surgical console based on the tracked position of the user operating the surgical console;
- and
- in response to a determination that the user is disengaged from the surgical console for a predetermined amount of time,
- cause the camera to stop video transmission;
- and
- reduce a brightness level of the display device.
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A robotic surgical system, comprising:
- a robotic arm including a camera coupled thereto, the camera including a light emitter and configured to transmit video;
- a control tower including a first display device configured to display video transmitted from the camera;
- and
- a surgical console including:
- a handle communicatively coupled to at least one of the robotic arm or the camera;
- a second display device configured to display video transmitted from the camera;
- a tracking device including an image capture device configured to capture an image of a user position reference point;
- and
- a computer configured to:
- determine whether a user is engaged with or disengaged from the second display device of the surgical console based on a tracked position of the user operating the surgical console;
- and
- in response to a determination that the user is disengaged from the surgical console for a predetermined amount of time, perform at least one of the following:
- reduce an intensity of the light emitter and cause the camera to reduce video transmission quality or cause the camera to stop video transmission;
- reduce a brightness level of the first display device or the second display device;
- or
- adjust internal communication parameters between components of the robotic surgical system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.