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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2020
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Niels Smaby, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Gregory W. Dachs, II, San Mateo, CA (US);
Nicola Diolaiti, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Pushkar Hingwe, Los Altos, CA (US);
Thomas R. Nixon, San Jose, CA (US);
Bruce M. Schena, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Nitish Swarup, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Inter-operative switching of tools in a robotic system includes a system with a plurality of manipulators and a controller. The controller is configured to detect mounting of a first imaging device to a first manipulator of the plurality of manipulators, the first imaging device having a first reference frame; in response to detecting the mounting of the first imaging device, control a tool relative to the first reference frame using a second manipulator of the plurality of manipulators, the tool being mounted to the second manipulator; detect mounting of a second imaging device to a third manipulator of the plurality of manipulators, the second imaging device having a second reference frame; and in response to detecting the mounting of the second imaging device, control the tool relative to the second reference frame using the second manipulator.