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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Nicola Diolaiti, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Daniel H. Gomez, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Probal Mitra, Mountain View, CA (US);
Tabish Mustufa, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 13/06 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 13/06 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 34/37 (2016.02); A61B 34/76 (2016.02); B25J 9/1689 (2013.01); B25J 13/065 (2013.01); A61B 90/361 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00207 (2013.01);
Abstract
A robotic system has a plurality of user selectable operating modes. To select one of the operating modes, a user performs a distinguishing action which uniquely identifies a desired operating mode among the plurality of user selectable operating modes. A method implemented by a processor in the robotic system identifies the distinguishing action and places the robotic system in the user selected operating mode.