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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2000
Richard L. Cunningham, Washington, DC (US);
Robert F. Cohen, Burtonsville, MD (US);
J. Michael Brown, Washington, DC (US);
Robert B. Falk, Takoma Park, MD (US);
Richard L. Cunningham, Washington, DC (US);
Robert F. Cohen, Burtonsville, MD (US);
J. Michael Brown, Washington, DC (US);
Robert B. Falk, Takoma Park, MD (US);
Immersion Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An interface device capable of communicating with a computer running a simulation program, such as a surgical simulation program, comprises an instrument capable of being manipulated by a user. The instrument is receivable within an orifice in an instrument receiving member, the instrument receiving member comprising a capture member engageable with the instrument and a sensor to sense a position of the instrument. The position of the instrument is then used by the computer to control a graphic image related to the simulation. In one version, the simulation is a simulation of a surgical instrument insertion procedure, such as an endoscopy procedure.