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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2023
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Teresa G. Gadda, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Troy K. Adebar, San Jose, CA (US);
Cristian Bianchi, Capannori, IT;
Vincent Duindam, San Francisco, CA (US);
Timothy D. Soper, San Jose, CA (US);
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods of monitoring a medical instrument are provided. The methods may include receiving state information from a control system in communication with the medical instrument; detecting motion of at least a portion of the medical instrument and comparing the motion of the portion of the medical instrument with a threshold motion value that is based on the state information received from the control system. The methods may further include generating a communication message for presentation to an operator of the medical instrument based on the comparison of the motion with the threshold motion value. Corresponding systems are also provided.