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Image shifting apparatus and method for a telerobotic system

  • US 6,799,065 B1
  • Filed: 12/07/1999
  • Issued: 09/28/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/08/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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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 input device movable relative to the display;

    an image capture device coupled to the display, the image capture device adapted to capture the image of the tissue from an internal surgical site;

    a processor coupling the input device to the display, the processor effecting movement of the image on the display in response to movement of the input device so that the image of the tissue appears substantially connected to the input device while the tissue remains stationary; and

    , a robotic end effector coupled to the processor for treating the tissue at the internal surgical site in response to commands from the operator input into the input device, wherein the processor fixes a position of the robotic end effector and moves the image capture device relative to the fixed end effector so that the image of the tissue on the display appears substantially connected to the input device.

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