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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2022
Applicant:
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Tao Zhao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Wenyi Zhao, Weston, FL (US);
William C. Nowlin, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 34/37 (2016.01); A61B 90/94 (2016.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 34/37 (2016.02); A61B 90/94 (2016.02); A61B 2034/102 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2065 (2016.02); A61B 2090/371 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3983 (2016.02);
Abstract
A system may comprise a tool including at least one reference feature. a processor, and a memory having computer readable instructions stored thereon. The computer readable instructions, when executed by the processor, may cause the system to receive image data including an image of the tool and the at least one reference feature, determine a pose of the tool from the image data, and modify the image data to visually decrement a portion of the image data corresponding to the at least one reference feature.