Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.

Ranjan Mauherjee

David Q Larkin

Yulun Wang

Giuseppe Maria Prisco

Stephen J Blumenkranz

Frederic H Moll

Brian David Hoffman

William C Nowlin

Darrin R Uecker

Gunter D Niemeyer

J Kenneth Salisbury, Jr

James W Wright

Amante A Mangaser

Rajesh Kumar

Modjtaba Ghodoussi

A multi-user medical robotic system for collaboration or training in minimally invasive surgical procedures includes first and second master input devices, a first slave robotic mechanism, and at least one processor configured to generate a first slave command for the first slave robotic mechanism by switchably using one or both of a first command indicative of manipulation of the first master input device by a first user and a second command indicative of manipulation of the second master input device by a second user. To facilitate the collaboration or training, both first and second users communicate with each other through an audio system and see the minimally invasive surgery site on first and second displays respectively viewable by the first and second users.

Multi-user medical robotic system for collaboration or training in minimally invasive surgical procedures

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East Lansing, CA, United States of America

Ranjan Mauherjee