Multi-user medical robotic system for collaboration or training in minimally invasive surgical procedures
First Claim
1. A medical robotic system comprising:
- first master input device configured to generate a first command indicative of manipulation of the first master input device by a first user;
second master input device configured to generate a second command indicative of manipulation of the second master input device by a second user;
first slave robotic mechanism configured to manipulate a first surgery-related device according to a first slave command; and
at least one processor configured to generate the first slave command by switchably using one or both of the first command and the second command, wherein the switching is controllable by the first user while manipulating the first master input device.
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Abstract
A multi-user medical robotic system for collaboration or training in minimally invasive surgical procedures includes first and second master input devices, a first slave robotic mechanism, and at least one processor configured to generate a first slave command for the first slave robotic mechanism by switchably using one or both of a first command indicative of manipulation of the first master input device by a first user and a second command indicative of manipulation of the second master input device by a second user. To facilitate the collaboration or training, both first and second users communicate with each other through an audio system and see the minimally invasive surgery site on first and second displays respectively viewable by the first and second users.
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62 Claims
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1. A medical robotic system comprising:
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first master input device configured to generate a first command indicative of manipulation of the first master input device by a first user; second master input device configured to generate a second command indicative of manipulation of the second master input device by a second user; first slave robotic mechanism configured to manipulate a first surgery-related device according to a first slave command; and at least one processor configured to generate the first slave command by switchably using one or both of the first command and the second command, wherein the switching is controllable by the first user while manipulating the first master input device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62)
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