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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017
Filed:
May. 26, 2011
Thenkurussi Kesavadas, Clarence Center, NY (US);
Khurshid Guru, East Amherst, NY (US);
Thenkurussi Kesavadas, Clarence Center, NY (US);
Khurshid Guru, East Amherst, NY (US);
Health Research, Inc., Buffalo, NY (US);
The Research Foundation for The State University of New York, Amherst, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method for training a person in minimally-invasive surgery ('MIS') utilizing a video of the MIS. The system comprises a processor, a display, and a first interaction device. The processor programmed to receive the video and to obtain tracking data. The tracking data may correspond to the motion of a tool controller. The tracking data may correspond to motion of a first surgical tool in the video. The processor programmed to calculate motion of the first interaction device corresponding to the tracking data, to display the video, and to cause the first interaction device to move according to the calculated motion. The method comprises receiving the video, obtaining the tracking data, calculating a motion of a first interaction device corresponding to the tracking data, displaying the video, and causing the first interaction device to move according to the calculated motion.