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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 26, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
James Wright, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Hamid Wasti, Sacramento, CA (US);
Darrin R. Uecker, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Computer Motion, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 1/500 ; G05B 1/904 ; A61B 5/05 ; A61B 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 1/500 ; G05B 1/904 ; A61B 5/05 ; A61B 1/00 ;
Abstract
A medical system that is coupled to an endoscope which provides a video image to a monitor. The system includes an electrical circuit to overlay a graphic image onto the video image provided by the endoscope. The endoscope is moved by a robotic arm.