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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2021
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Varun Agrawal, Mountain View, CA (US);
Hsien-Hsin Liao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Angel Jeremy Perez Rosillo, San Francisco, CA (US);
Korissa A. Reyes, Edmonds, WA (US);
Lawton N. Verner, Saratoga, CA (US);
Keith J. Watza, Boulder, CO (US);
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods of providing a haptic barrier for an instrument include a computer-assisted device. The computer-assisted device includes a grip input control, a repositionable arm configured to support an instrument, and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to detect a position of the grip input control in a first direction of a degree of freedom having In a first region, a second region, and a third region between the first and second regions; in response to determining that the detected position is in the first region, operate the instrument according to a first mode; in response to determining that the detected position is in the third region, provide a haptic barrier to resist movement of the grip input control through the third region; and in response to determining that the detected position is in the second region, operate the instrument according to a second mode.