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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2003
Yulun Wang, Goleta, CA (US);
Modjtaba Ghodoussi, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Darrin Uecker, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
James Wright, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Amante Mangaser, Goleta, CA (US);
Yulun Wang, Goleta, CA (US);
Modjtaba Ghodoussi, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Darrin Uecker, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
James Wright, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Amante Mangaser, Goleta, CA (US);
Computer Motion, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A medical system that allows a medical device to be controlled by one of two input devices. The input devices may be consoles that contain handles and a screen. The medical devices may include robotic arms and instruments used to perform a medical procedure. The system may include an arbitrator that determines which console has priority to control one or more of the robotic arms/instruments.