Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Staged force feedback transitioning between control states
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Application No.: US16069800Application Date: 2017-01-12
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Publication No.: US11357587B2Publication Date: 2022-06-14
- Inventor: Lawton N. Verner , Hsien-Hsin Liao
- Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- International Application: PCT/US2017/013237 WO 20170112
- International Announcement: WO2017/123796 WO 20170720
- Main IPC: A61B34/00
- IPC: A61B34/00 ; A61B34/30 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B1/045

Abstract:
A surgical system is provided comprising: an input device: and a controller for receiving control inputs from the input device and for providing haptic feedback at the input device, the controller configured to apply a staged transition from a first haptic feedback profile at the input device to a second haptic feedback profile at the input device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190015168A1 STAGED FORCE FEEDBACK TRANSITIONING BETWEEN CONTROL STATES Public/Granted day:2019-01-17
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