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SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SWITCHING CONTROL BETWEEN MULTIPLE INSTRUMENT ARMS

Application US20260076761A1 Kind: A1 Mar 19, 2026

Inventors

Brandon D. Itkowitz, Pushkar Hingwe

Abstract

A system comprises a teleoperational assembly configured to support a plurality of instruments, a display system configured to display a field of view of an imaging device, a master controller configured to receive input from an operator to control at least one of the plurality of instruments, and a control system configured to reassign control by the master controller of a first instrument of the plurality of instruments to a second instrument of the plurality of instruments. The control system reassigns control by detecting activation of an instrument reassignment input, causing the display system to present indicators, receiving a user input at the master controller, causing the display system to update one or more of the indicators based on the received user input, and assigning control of the second instrument to the master controller based on the received user input.

CPC Classifications

A61B 34/35 A61B 1/00149 A61B 1/00193 A61B 1/045 A61B 34/76 A61B 2034/301

Filing Date

2025-11-25

Application No.

19401177