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Virtual reality training, simulation, and collaboration in a robotic surgical system

US11011077B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 26, 2018
Grant dateMay 18, 2021
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Expiry dateJun 26, 2038

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09B23/285
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A virtual reality system providing a virtual robotic surgical environment, and methods for using the virtual reality system, are described herein. Within the virtual reality system, various user modes enable different kinds of interactions between a user and the virtual robotic surgical environment. For example, one variation of a method for facilitating navigation of a virtual robotic surgical environment includes displaying a first-person perspective view of the virtual robotic surgical environment from a first vantage point, displaying a first window view of the virtual robotic surgical environment from a second vantage point and displaying a second window view of the virtual robotic surgical environment from a third vantage point. Additionally, in response to a user input associating the first and second window views, a trajectory between the second and third vantage points can be generated sequentially linking the first and second window views.

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