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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2006
Roman L. Devengenzo, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David S. Mintz, Los Altos, CA (US);
Tracey a Morley, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Theordore C. Walker, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Roman L. Devengenzo, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David S. Mintz, Los Altos, CA (US);
Tracey A Morley, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Theordore C. Walker, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Medical and/or robotic devices, systems and methods provide an indicator associated with a manipulator assembly of a multi-arm telerobotic or telesurgical system. An example of an indicator comprises a multi-color light emitting diode (LED) mounted to a manipulator moving an associated surgical instrument, allowing the indicator to display any of a wide variety of signals. The invention may provide an additional user interface to facilitate communications between the telesurgical system and/or members of a telesurgical team.