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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2021
Filed:
May. 16, 2017
Applicant:
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Nicola Diolaiti, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Jeffrey D. Brown, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Daniel H. Gomez, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Robert E. Holop, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Anthony K. McGrogan, San Jose, CA (US);
Probal Mitra, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Craig R. Ramstad, Minden, NV (US);
Assignee:
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/32 (2016.01); A61B 34/37 (2016.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 46/10 (2016.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/32 (2016.02); A61B 34/37 (2016.02); A61B 34/74 (2016.02); A61B 46/10 (2016.02); B25J 9/0009 (2013.01);
Abstract
A controller in a computer-assisted teleoperated surgical system automatically moves a part of the system, in response to a user tapping the part, to facilitate draping of that part. This speeds the draping process and diminishes the likelihood that the sterile surgical drape is damaged or contaminated during the draping of that part of the system.