Systems and methods for rendering onscreen identification of instruments in a teleoperational medical system
US10433922B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 16, 2016 |
| Grant date | Oct 8, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 30, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB25J9/1664
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A teleoperational assembly is disclosed which includes an operator control system and a plurality of manipulators configured to control the movement of medical instruments in a surgical environment. The manipulators are teleoperationally controlled by the operator control system. The system further includes a processing unit configured to display an image of a field of view of the surgical environment, project the position of distal end portions of the medical instruments into the image's coordinate space, determine initial positions for badges associated with the distal end portions of each medical instrument, evaluate a display factor for each badge based on its initial position, and determine a final display position for each badge in the image's coordinate space based on the display factor.
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