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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2018
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Troy K. Adebar, Mountain View, CA (US);
Vincent Duindam, San Francisco, CA (US);
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS , INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of controlling an elongate instrument during a medical procedure involving motion of the elongate instrument relative to a patient is provided. The method includes generating, by a control system, a first model of the elongate instrument, and generating, by the control system, a second model of the elongate instrument based on a reference pose of the elongate instrument. The method further includes comparing, by the control system, the first model with the second model and determining, by the control system, a state of a system configuration based on the comparison.