Patent ID: 11857278
Assignee: ASENSUS SURGICAL ITALIA, S.R.L.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A method of using a surgical robotic system, comprising:
providing a surgical system comprising
a first robotic arm carrying a surgical instrument;
a second robotic arm carrying an endoscopic camera,
a surgeon console including
a display displaying an image from the endoscopic camera;
an eye tracking system, and
a manipulator moveable by a user's hands, the manipulator further including a manually-actuatable auxiliary input;
causing movement of the first robotic arm in response to movement of the manipulator,
causing the system to enter an eye tracking mode in response to actuation of the auxiliary input on the manipulator, wherein, in the eye tracking mode, movement of the second robotic arm is commanded based on signals from the eye tracking system corresponding to an estimated direction of the user's gaze towards the image.