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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2008
David Scott, Oakland, CA (US);
Wenyi Zhao, Mountain View, CA (US);
Christopher J. Hasser, Los Altos, CA (US);
Brian D. Hoffman, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Paul Lilagan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ian Mcdowall, Woodside, CA (US);
Catherine J. Mohr, Mountain View, CA (US);
John D. Stern, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Tao Zhao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David Scott, Oakland, CA (US);
Wenyi Zhao, Mountain View, CA (US);
Christopher J. Hasser, Los Altos, CA (US);
Brian D. Hoffman, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Paul Lilagan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ian McDowall, Woodside, CA (US);
Catherine J. Mohr, Mountain View, CA (US);
John D. Stern, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Tao Zhao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A robotic surgical system positions and holds an endoscope. A visible imaging system is coupled to the endoscope. The visible imaging system captures a visible image of tissue. An alternate imaging system is also coupled to the endoscope. The alternate imaging system captures a fluorescence image of at least a portion of the tissue. A stereoscopic video display system is coupled to the visible imaging system and to the alternate imaging system. The stereoscopic video display system outputs a real-time stereoscopic image comprising a three-dimensional presentation of a blend of a fluorescence image associated with the captured fluorescence image, and the visible image.