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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2023
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Federico Barbagli, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lisa Ison, San Jose, CA (US);
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A teleoperative system includes a first manipulator assembly, a second manipulator assembly, a first medical instrument movable by the first manipulator assembly, a second medical instrument movable by the second manipulator assembly, a first alignment component positioned on the first manipulator assembly, a second alignment component positioned on an entry port, and a control system configured to record a position of the first manipulator assembly in response to receiving a user input indicating that the first alignment component is aligned with the second alignment component. The second medical instrument is sized and shaped to fit and move within the first medical instrument.