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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2018
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Timothy B. Hulford, San Jose, CA (US);
Christopher B. Allenby, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Lauren L. Argo, San Francisco, CA (US);
Russell L. E. Blanchard, San Jose, CA (US);
Roman Lapaev, San Francisco, CA (US);
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
An example medical device may include a first component including an interface, a light feature surrounding at least part of the interface, and a controller coupled to the light feature and including a memory in which are stored instructions for the controller causing a first illumination state of the light a feature corresponding to a first state of the interface, and the controller causing a second illumination state of the Sight feature corresponding to a second state of the interface.