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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2022
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Brandon D. Itkowitz, San Jose, CA (US);
Simon P. DiMaio, San Carlos, CA (US);
Craig R. Gerbi, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Theodore W. Rogers, Alameda, CA (US);
Wenyi Zhao, Weston, FL (US);
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A robotic system includes a processor that is programmed to determine and cause work site measurements for user specified points in the work site to be graphically displayed in order to provide geometrically appropriate tool selection assistance to the user. The processor is also programmed to determine an optimal one of a plurality of tools of varying geometries for use at the work site and to cause graphical representations of at least the optimal tool to be displayed along with the work site measurements.