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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2020
Applicant:
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Marisa C. Babb, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Craig Gotsill, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sophia R. Hannaford, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Brandon D. Itkowitz, San Jose, CA (US);
Jason S. Lafrenais, San Jose, CA (US);
Daniel W. Nissenbaum, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/10 (2016.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/10 (2016.02); A61B 34/70 (2016.02); A61B 90/37 (2016.02); A61B 2034/102 (2016.02); A61B 2034/107 (2016.02);
Abstract
An exemplary system determines an insertion trajectory that a surgical instrument is positioned to follow when inserted into a surgical space. The system provides, for display by a display device, an image that depicts a portion of the surgical space captured by an imaging device and at least a portion of a representation of the insertion trajectory in the surgical space.