Systems and methods for providing assistance to a surgeon for minimizing errors during a
surgical procedure are dis closed. A method includes creating a Three-Dimensional (3D) …

An endoscope captures images of a Surgical site for display in a viewing area of a monitor.
When a tool is outside the viewing area, a GUI indicates the position of the tool by …

A medical robotic system includes articulated instruments extending out of a distal end of an
entry guide. Prior to pivoting the entry guide to re-orient it and the instruments, the …

In a coupled control mode, the Surgeon directly controls movement of an associated slave
manipulator with an input device while indirectly controlling movement of one or more non …

(57) ABSTRACT A medical robotic system includes an entry guide with surgical tools and a
camera extending out of its distal end. To supplement the view provided by an image …

To perform a tool exchange in a medical robotic system, tool is retracted back into an entry
guide from a deployed position and pose so that an assistant in the operating room may …

34/20 (2016. 02); A61B 34/25 (2016. 02); A61B 90/361 (2016. 02); A61B 2034/2061 (2016.
02); A61B 2090/371 (2016. 02); G05B 2219/36432 (2013. 01); G05B 2219/39083 (2013 …

An operator telerobotically controls tools to perform a procedure on an object at a work site
while viewing real-time images of the work site on a display. Tool information is provided in …

(57) ABSTRACT A medical robotic system includes an entry guide with Surgical tools and a
camera extending out of its distal end. To Supplement the view provided by an image …

An articulated instrument is controllably movable between areas of different work space
limits, such as when it is extendable out of and retractable into a guide tube. To avoid abrupt …