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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Geoff Richmond, San Jose, CA (US);
Brian D. Hoffman, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jeffrey M. DiCarlo, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/045 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 90/30 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 1/00006 (2013.01); A61B 1/00009 (2013.01); A61B 1/00062 (2013.01); A61B 1/00165 (2013.01); A61B 1/00193 (2013.01); A61B 1/045 (2013.01); A61B 1/06 (2013.01); A61B 90/30 (2016.02); A61B 2034/301 (2016.02); A61B 2090/065 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0801 (2016.02); A61B 2090/08021 (2016.02);
Abstract
Scenes captured with an endoscope () of a teleoperated surgical system () and displayed on a display unit () maintain a consistent brightness even though optical output power of an illuminator () changes, and working distance () between tissue () and the distal tip of the endoscope changes. Teleoperated surgical system () also automatically detects when endoscope () contacts tissue () and adjusts the output optical power of illuminator () so that tissue damage does not occur.