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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 12239401 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025

Filed:

Jun. 30, 2021

Positioning indicator system for a remotely controllable arm and related methods

Applicant:

Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Simon Peter DiMaio, San Carlos, CA (US);

Nicholas Leo Bernstein, Cary, NC (US);

Paul Millman, San Jose, CA (US);

Dinesh Rabindran, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Alec Paul Robertson, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Assignee:

INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:

MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & BORUN LLP

Primary Examiner:

Basil T Jos

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/35 (2016.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 34/32 (2016.01); A61B 46/00 (2016.01); A61B 46/10 (2016.01); A61B 50/13 (2016.01); A61B 50/15 (2016.01); A61B 50/33 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/50 (2016.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); A61B 90/57 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/35 (2016.02); A61B 17/3423 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 34/32 (2016.02); A61B 46/00 (2016.02); A61B 46/10 (2016.02); A61B 50/13 (2016.02); A61B 50/15 (2016.02); A61B 50/33 (2016.02); A61B 90/08 (2016.02); A61B 90/50 (2016.02); B25J 9/162 (2013.01); B25J 9/1676 (2013.01); B25J 9/1684 (2013.01); A61B 2090/0808 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0811 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3945 (2016.02); A61B 2090/508 (2016.02); A61B 2090/571 (2016.02);
Abstract

A robotic system includes a base movable relative to a floor surface and a controllable arm extending from the base. The arm is configured to support and move a tool. The arm has a powered joint operable to position and/or orient the tool. The robotic system further includes a positioning indicator. A processor operates the positioning indicator to direct a manual repositioning of the base relative to the floor surface while the processor is operating the powered joint to maintain the position and/or orientation of the tool during the manual repositioning.

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