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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2024
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Vincent Duindam, San Francisco, CA (US);
Federico Barbagli, San Francisco, CA (US);
Timothy D. Soper, San Jose, CA (US);
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A method includes collecting, from an optical fiber shape sensor extending within an instrument coupled to a teleoperational system, spatial information as a reference point of a proximal portion of the instrument is positioned at a plurality of locations along an insertion path and receiving, from a position sensor for a drive system of the teleoperational system, position information when the reference point is at each of the plurality of locations along the insertion path. The method further includes, based on the position information from the position sensor and the spatial information from the optical fiber shape sensor, determining relative position data for the reference point and, based on the relative position data, determining an orientation of an insertion stage defining the insertion path along which the proximal portion of the instrument moves.