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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
May. 13, 2024
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David W. Weir, San Carlos, CA (US);
Gabriel F. Brisson, Livermore, CA (US);
William A. Burbank, Sandy Hook, CT (US);
Amir Chaghajerdi, Los Altos, CA (US);
Patrick Flanagan, San Diego, CA (US);
Pushkar Hingwe, Los Altos, CA (US);
Andrew Wilson, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Donald F. Wilson, Jr., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Matthew A. Wixey, Trumbull, CT (US);
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for control of an instrument include a device having an actuator. To perform an operation with an instrument coupled to the actuator, the instrument is operated according to a state machine by: transitioning the instrument from a gripped state to a clamped state in response to receiving a clamp command; transitioning the instrument from the clamped state to a firing state in response to receiving a fire command; transitioning the instrument from the firing state to a pause state in response to detecting a stall in the actuator used to actuate the instrument; transitioning the instrument from the pause state to a stop firing state in response to a pause limit being reached; and transitioning the instrument from the pause state to the firing state in response to the actuator beginning to move again or after a first predetermined period of time has elapsed since entering the pause state.