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Image shifting apparatus and method for a telerobotic system

  • US 20030114962A1
  • Filed: 02/04/2003
  • Published: 06/19/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/08/1998
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A robotically assisted surgical system, the surgical system comprising:

  • a display;

    an image of a tissue shown on the display;

    an image capture device coupled to the display, the image capture device adapted to capture the image of the tissue while the tissue is disposed at an internal surgical site;

    an input device movable relative to the display; and

    a processor coupling the input device to the display, the processor configured to effect movement of the image on the display in response to and corresponding with movement of the input device by moving the image capture device so that the moving image of the tissue appears substantially connected to the input device while the tissue remains stationary.

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