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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2009
Paul W. Mohr, Mountain View, CA (US);
David Robinson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Thomas R. Nixon, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael Hanuschik, Mountain View, CA (US);
Randal P. Goldberg, San Jose, CA (US);
Salvatore J. Brogna, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Paul W. Mohr, Mountain View, CA (US);
David Robinson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Thomas R. Nixon, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael Hanuschik, Mountain View, CA (US);
Randal P. Goldberg, San Jose, CA (US);
Salvatore J. Brogna, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for a minimally invasive surgical system is disclosed including capturing camera images of a surgical site; generating a graphical user interface (GUI) including a first colored border portion in a first side and a second colored border in a second side opposite the first side; and overlaying the GUI onto the captured camera images of the surgical site for display on a display device of a surgeon console. The GUI provides information to a user regarding the first electrosurgical tool and the second tool in the surgical site that is concurrently displayed by the captured camera images. The first colored border portion in the GUI indicates that the first electrosurgical tool is controlled by a first master grip of the surgeon console and the second colored border portion indicates the tool type of the second tool controlled by a second master grip of the surgeon console.