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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2024
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Paul Griffiths, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Paul Mohr, Mountain View, CA (US);
Nitish Swarup, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Michael Costa, Los Angeles, CA (US);
David Larkin, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Thomas Cooper, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Michael Hanuschik, Mountain View, CA (US);
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for operating a kinematic structure by manual motion of a link coupled to the kinematic structure include a system comprising a first manipulating means and processing means. The processing means is for detecting whether a first means for accessing an internal worksite is mounted to the first manipulating means; detecting an input indicating the system is to be in a set-up mode; and inhibiting, in response to detecting that the first means is mounted to the first manipulating means, transition of the system to the set-up mode.