Medical device user control system with automatic surgeon anti-stagnation system

A teleoperated surgery user control system comprises:

• a first user control comprising:
• one or more manipulable input controls for teleoperation of one or more aspects of a surgical system;
• and
• one or more body rests configured to articulate and to support portions of a body of a clinical user of the surgical system;
• and
• a processor communicatively connected to the first user control, the processor configured to execute instructions to automatically articulate the one or more body rests periodically or continually in micro-increments, wherein:
• the automatic articulation includes changing one or both of a location and an orientation of the one or more body rests;
• and
• the magnitude of each micro-increment is selected so that articulation is functionally imperceptible to the clinical user.

A telesurgical system control unit comprising:

• a movable component contacted by a clinical user during an operation of the control unit by the clinical user to perform a medical procedure;
• an actuator coupled to move the movable component;
• and
• a control system coupled to control the actuator;
• wherein the control system comprises coded instructions to automatically activate the actuator to move the movable component during the operation of the control unit by the clinical user, wherein:
• the actuator moves the movable component by changing one or both of a location and an orientation thereof, and
• the actuator moves the movable component at a frequency functionally imperceptible to the clinical user.