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Head cursor control interface for an automated endoscope system for optimal positioning

  • US 5,911,036 A
  • Filed: 07/31/1997
  • Issued: 06/08/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/15/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system that allows a user to control a movement of a surgical instrument, wherein the surgical instrument is coupled to a display device that displays a video image of an object, comprising:

  • a mechanism that moves the surgical instrument;

    a graphic overlay processor which overlays a dynamic graphic cursor onto the video image;

    an input device that allows the user to move said dynamic graphic cursor in a first direction;

    an interface controller that provides an output signal when said dynamic graphic cursor is moved in the first direction; and

    ,a robot controller that receives said output signal from said interface controller and moves said mechanism so that the video image moves in the first direction.

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