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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11406462 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2022

Filed:

Nov. 10, 2017

Teleoperated surgical system with scan based positioning

Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Brandon D. Itkowitz, San Jose, CA (US);

Mahdi Azizian, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Brian D. Hoffman, Mountain View, CA (US);

Ian E. McDowall, Woodside, CA (US);

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

William C. Nowlin, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:

Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

Primary Examiner:

Richard G Louis

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/35 (2016.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01); A61B 34/37 (2016.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/50 (2016.01); A61B 50/13 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); A61B 50/33 (2016.01); A61B 46/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/35 (2016.02); A61B 34/10 (2016.02); A61B 34/37 (2016.02); A61B 34/70 (2016.02); A61B 90/361 (2016.02); A61B 90/50 (2016.02); A61B 46/10 (2016.02); A61B 50/13 (2016.02); A61B 50/33 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2034/107 (2016.02); A61B 2034/256 (2016.02); B25J 9/1689 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method is provided for use with a teleoperated surgical system, the method comprising: determining patient position information during a setup for a performance of the surgical procedure within an instance of the surgical system; determining a match between the determined patient position and a patient position signature; and launching a support arm control signal within the surgical system that corresponds to the matched support arm signature.

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