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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2017
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Tabish Mustufa, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Heath Feather, Cupertino, CA (US);
Daniel H. Gomez, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Brian D. Hoffman, Mountain View, CA (US);
Paul W. Mohr, Mountain View, CA (US);
Huan L. Phan, Belmont, CA (US);
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A system comprises a teleoperational assembly including an operator control system and a first teleoperational manipulator configured for operation by an operator control device of the operator control system. The first teleoperational manipulator is configured to control the operation of a first medical instrument in a surgical environment. The system also comprises a processing unit including one or more processors. The processing unit is configured to display an image of a field of view of the surgical environment and display a menu proximate to an image of the first medical instrument in the image of the field of view. The menu includes at least one icon representing a function for the first medical instrument.