Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.

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Leah Muller

Hui Zhang

Paris A Hajali

Scott Beyer

Cynthia Warman

Zachary F Moller

Systems, devices, methods, and computer program products for identifying and mitigating image-to-body divergence are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving sensor data from a medical device while the medical device is inserted within an anatomic region of a patient and after it has been registered to an anatomic model of the anatomic region, where the anatomic model is based on previously-obtained image data of the anatomic region and includes a virtual path extending throughout the anatomic model to an anatomic structure of interest, and where sensor data indicates a location of at least a portion of the medical device; comparing the sensor data to a corresponding portion of the virtual path; based at least in part on the comparison, producing a divergence classifier indicative of a divergence of the anatomic region from the anatomic model; and generating an alert when the divergence classifier exceeds a predetermined threshold.

Alerting and mitigating divergence of anatomical feature locations from prior images to real-time interrogation

System and methods for providing an elongate device reference include a system configured determine a pose, within a workspace, of at least one of a distal portion of an elongate device, or an instrument extendable from the distal portion of the elongate device; acquire a reference pose of the at least one of the distal portion of the elongate device, or the instrument; generate an elongate device reference corresponding to the reference pose; generate an image of the workspace from a perspective associated with the pose; and display, on a display system and on the image of the workspace, the elongate device reference at the reference pose.

Elongate device references for image-guided procedures

A surgeon support system comprising a base having a foot platform with an appropriate angle adapted to support a user's feet. The base surface may be lifted using a jack pedal and the height is adjusted by a base handle. A knee pad is supported by a knee support bar which is attached to the base. The knee pad is pivotally connected to a seat pad and a chest pad support bar. The seat pad is supported by a seat pad height-adjusting strut and the height is adjustable by a seat pad height-adjusting handle. The chest pad support bar supports a chest pad for forward and backward movement of the user. The angle position of the chest pad is adjusted and released by an angle-adjusting knob on a chest pad angle-adjusting bar. The surgeon support system stabilizes a user close to a workspace for extended periods of time.

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San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Leah Muller