US 12,414,828 B2
Teleoperated surgical system with surgeon skill level based instrument control
William C. Nowlin, Los Altos Hills, CA (US); Mahdi Azizian, San Jose, CA (US); Simon P. DiMaio, San Carlos, CA (US); Brian D. Hoffman, Mountain View, CA (US); Anthony M. Jarc, Johns Creek, GA (US); Henry C. Lin, Cupertino, CA (US); May Quo-Mei Liu, Rougemont, NC (US); Ian E. McDowall, San Francisco, CA (US); and Brent Tokarchuk, San Carlos, CA (US)
Assigned to Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed by Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 18, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/416,759.
Application 18/416,759 is a continuation of application No. 16/349,202, granted, now 11,931,122, previously published as PCT/US2017/061136, filed on Nov. 10, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/421,072, filed on Nov. 11, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2024/0197421 A1, Jun. 20, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 34/35 (2016.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 34/35 (2016.02) [A61B 34/10 (2016.02); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 34/25 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00595 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00988 (2013.01); A61B 2034/101 (2016.02); A61B 2034/256 (2016.02); A61B 2034/302 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3612 (2016.02); A61B 2090/364 (2016.02); A61B 90/37 (2016.02)] 18 Claims
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1. A surgical system comprising:
one or more processors, coupled to memory, and configured to:
identify a surgical instrument mounted to the surgical system, the surgical instrument moved by operation of a surgical instrument actuator;
determine based at least on a state of the surgical instrument actuator, that a surgical procedure is transitioning to a surgical activity of one or more surgical activities;
identify a surgical skill level of a surgeon at using the surgical instrument; and
match, via one or more information structures, the state of the surgical instrument actuator to an actuator state associated with the surgical activity, a safety state and the surgical skill level;
transition, responsive to the match, the state of the surgical instrument actuator to the safety state identified based at least on the surgical skill level of the surgeon.