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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2017
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Tabish Mustufa, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Benjamin S. Flamm, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Paul A. Hoover, Bothell, WA (US);
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A system comprises a teleoperational assembly including a teleoperational manipulator coupled to a plurality of instruments in a surgical environment. The system also comprises a processing unit including one or more processors. The processing unit is configured to display a first synthetic rendering of the plurality of instruments, recognize a triggering event, and change from displaying the first synthetic rendering to displaying a second synthetic rendering of the plurality of instruments in response to recognition of the triggering event.