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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2019
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Andrey Polonsky, Rochester, NY (US);
Eric J. Earnst, Saratoga, CA (US);
Jean-Marc Gery, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Andrew J. Hazelton, San Carlos, CA (US);
Sarah A. Nichols, Santa Clara, CA (US);
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A system including a tool recognition assembly comprising a first target reader with a first detection zone. The system also includes a tool configured to be installed in the tool recognition assembly, wherein the first reader detects a first reading indicating a presence or absence of the first target in the first detection zone during an installation of the tool in the tool recognition assembly, the detected first reading being at least a part of a detected insertion signature, and provides the detected insertion signature to initiate a comparison of the detected insertion signature to one or more model signatures.