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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2024
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Niels Smaby, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Gregory W. Dachs, II, San Mateo, CA (US);
Nicola Diolaiti, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Pushkar Hingwe, Los Altos, CA (US);
Thomas R. Nixon, San Jose, CA (US);
Bruce M. Schena, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Nitish Swarup, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Teleoperated control includes commanding, in response to a first input to move a tool while an imaging device is mounted to a first manipulator and a tool is mounted to a second manipulator, actuator(s) of the second manipulator to move the tool with a first motion relative to a first reference frame that corresponds with a first movement of an input device relative to a display, the first reference frame defined based on the imaging device mounted to the first manipulator; and commanding, in response to receiving a second input to move the tool while the imaging device is mounted to the third manipulator, the actuator(s) to move the tool with a second motion relative to a second reference frame that corresponds with a second movement of the input device relative to the display, the second reference frame defined based on the imaging device being mounted to the third manipulator.