US 12,257,011 B2
Association processes and related systems for manipulators
Daniel H. Gomez, Los Gatos, CA (US); Ian E. McDowall, Woodside, CA (US); Govinda Payyavula, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and John Ryan Steger, Los Gatos, CA (US)
Assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed by INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 19, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/640,936.
Application 18/640,936 is a continuation of application No. 17/649,721, filed on Feb. 2, 2022, granted, now 11,986,259.
Application 17/649,721 is a continuation of application No. 16/633,517, granted, now 11,272,993, issued on Mar. 15, 2022, previously published as PCT/US2018/042690, filed on Jul. 18, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/551,702, filed on Aug. 29, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/537,795, filed on Jul. 27, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0268905 A1, Aug. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); G16H 40/60 (2018.01)
CPC A61B 34/30 (2016.02) [A61B 90/361 (2016.02); G16H 40/60 (2018.01); A61B 2017/00199 (2013.01); A61B 2090/365 (2016.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-assisted medical system comprising:
a first manipulator;
a user input system including an eye tracking system;
a user output system comprising a display device; and
a controller configured to execute instructions to perform operations, the operations comprising:
in a pairing mode and in response to a first set of signals generated by the eye tracking system in response to detecting motion of a gaze of the user, causing a virtual selector shown on the display device to move relative to imagery shown on the display device, wherein the imagery represents a location of a first component of the first manipulator, and wherein the first set of signals are relative to the imagery;
in the pairing mode, associating the first manipulator with a portion of the user input system based on movement of the virtual selector relative to the represented location of the first component, and
in a following mode, controlling motion of the first manipulator in accordance with a second set of signals, the second set of signals generated by the user input system in response to user operation of the portion of the user input system.