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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024
Filed:
May. 19, 2023
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
A system includes first and second manipulating means, and a means for detecting mounting of an imaging means to the first manipulating means, a means for determining a first reference frame for the imaging means while the imaging means is mounted to the first manipulating means, a means for controlling a tool means relative to the first reference frame by maintaining a position and orientation of a distal portion of the tool means relative to the imaging means in the first reference frame based on a position and orientation of an input means relative to a display means, a means for detecting mounting of the imaging means to the second manipulating means, a means for determining a second reference frame for the imaging means while the imaging means is mounted to the second manipulating means, and a means for controlling the tool means relative to the second reference frame.