David G Larkin

US Patent:

20130245375, Sep 19, 2013

Filed:

Feb 25, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/775574

Inventors:

The Johns Hopkins University c/o John Hopkins Technology Transfer - , US
Russell H. Taylor - Severna Park MD, US
David Q. Larkin - Menlo Park CA, US
Peter Kazanzides - Towson MD, US
Anton Deguet - Baltimore MD, US
Balazs Peter Vagvolgyi - Baltimore MD, US
Joshua Leven - Astoria NY, US

Assignee:

The Johns Hopkins University c/o John Hopkins Technology Transfer - Baltimore MD
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

A61B 19/00
A61B 1/00

US Classification:

600111, 600166

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.

US Patent:

20180042680, Feb 15, 2018

Filed:

Oct 4, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/725271

Inventors:

- Sunnyvale CA, US
- Baltimore MD, US
Russell H. Taylor - Severna Park MD, US
David Q. Larkin - Menlo Park CA, US
Peter Kazanzides - Towson MD, US
Anton Deguet - Baltimore MD, US
Balazs Peter Vagvolgyi - Baltimore MD, US
Joshua Leven - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

A61B 8/12
A61B 1/00
A61B 8/00
A61B 17/00

Abstract:

In one embodiment of the invention, a a minimally invasive surgical system is disclosed. The system configured to capture and display camera images of a surgical site on at least one display device at a surgeon console; switch out of a following mode and into a masters-as-mice (MaM) mode; overlay a graphical user interface (GUI) including an interactive graphical object onto the camera images; and render 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.