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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Wenyi Zhao, Mountain View, CA (US);
Christopher J. Hasser, Los Altos, CA (US);
Brandon D. Itkowitz, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Paul E. Lilagan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David D. Scott, Oakland, CA (US);
Simon P. DiMaio, San Carlos, CA (US);
David W. Robinson, Los Altos, CA (US);
Tao Zhao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A medical robotic system includes a viewer, a gaze tracker, and a processor programmed to: draw an area or volume defining shape overlaid on an image based on the tracked gaze point after the user has gazed on the tracked gaze point for a programmed period of time; in response to receiving a user-selected action command, assign a fixed virtual constraint to the area or volume defining shape and constrain movement of a robotic tool; map points of the robotic tool in a tool reference frame to a viewer reference frame; determine a closest object to the tracked gaze point is the robotic tool based at least in part on the mapped points; display an object including text identifying the robotic tool, overlaid on the image, proximate to the robotic tool based on determining the robotic tool is the closest object; and perform an action indicated by the object.