Systems and methods for interactive user interfaces for robotic minimally invasive surgical systems

US9795446B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC. · US

Inventors

• Simon P. DiMaio · Redwood City, US
• Christopher J. Hasser · Los Altos, US
• Russell H. Taylor · Severna Park, US
• David Q. Larkin · Menlo Park, US
• Peter Kazanzides · Towson, US
• Anton Deguet · Baltimore, US
• Balazs Peter Vagvolgyi · Baltimore, US
• Joshua Leven · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 25, 2013
• Grant date: Oct 24, 2017
• Expiry date: Apr 28, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2090/378
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In one embodiment of the invention, a method for a minimally invasive surgical system is disclosed. The method includes capturing and displaying camera images of a surgical site on at least one display device at a surgeon console; switching out of a following mode and into a masters-as-mice (MaM) mode; overlaying a graphical user interface (GUI) including an interactive graphical object onto the camera images; and rendering a pointer within the camera images for user interactive control. In the following mode, the input devices of the surgeon console may couple motion into surgical instruments. In the MaM mode, the input devices interact with the GUI and interactive graphical objects. The pointer is manipulated in three dimensions by input devices having at least three degrees of freedom. Interactive graphical objects are related to physical objects in the surgical site or a function thereof and are manipulatable by the input devices.