Ratcheting for master alignment of a teleoperated minimally invasive surgical instrument

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PATENT NO 8903549
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13839438

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A minimally-invasive surgical system includes a slave surgical instrument having a slave surgical instrument tip and a master grip. The slave surgical instrument tip has an alignment in a common frame of reference and the master grip, which is coupled to the slave surgical instrument, has an alignment in the common frame of reference. An alignment error, in the common frame of reference, is a difference in alignment between the alignment of the slave surgical instrument tip and the alignment of the master grip. A ratcheting system (i) coupled to the master grip to receive the alignment of the master grip and (ii) coupled to the slave surgical instrument, to control motion of the slave by continuously reducing the alignment error, as the master grip moves, without autonomous motion of the slave surgical instrument tip and without autonomous motion of the master grip.

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INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC1266 KIFER RD BUILDING 101 SUNNYVALE CA 94086

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
DiMaio, Simon P San Carlos, US 122 5162
Itkowitz, Brandon D Sunnyvale, US 159 5634
Mintz, David S Mountain View, US 76 11685
Niemeyer, Günter D Mountain View, US 9 247
Nowlin, William C Los Altos, US 98 31252

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