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Patent No.:

US 10433919 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 30, 2014

Non-force reflecting method for providing tool force information to a user of a telesurgical system

Applicant:

Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Gary S. Guthart, Los Altos, CA (US);

David Q. Larkin, Menlo Park, CA (US);

David J. Rosa, San Jose, CA (US);

Paul W. Mohr, Mountain View, CA (US);

Giuseppe Maria Prisco, Pisa, IT;

Assignee:

Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Aaron F Roane

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/37 (2016.01); A61B 34/35 (2016.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/20 (2006.01); A61B 1/313 (2006.01); A61B 90/50 (2016.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 1/04 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61B 8/4218 (2013.01); A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 34/35 (2016.02); A61B 34/37 (2016.02); A61B 34/70 (2016.02); A61B 90/36 (2016.02); A61B 1/0005 (2013.01); A61B 1/00045 (2013.01); A61B 1/3132 (2013.01); A61B 8/4245 (2013.01); A61B 18/20 (2013.01); A61B 90/361 (2016.02); A61B 2034/107 (2016.02); A61B 2034/305 (2016.02); A61B 2090/031 (2016.02); A61B 2090/064 (2016.02); A61B 2090/065 (2016.02); A61B 2090/066 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0807 (2016.02); A61B 2090/506 (2016.02);
Abstract

Tool force information is provided to a user of a telesurgical system using an alternative modality other than force reflection on a master manipulator, such as providing the information on user-visible, user-audible, or haptic 'buzz' or 'viscosity' indicators, so as to allow expanded processing, including amplification, of the information, while not significantly affecting the stability of the telesurgical system or any closed-loop control systems in the telesurgical system.

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