Patent ID: 11950756
Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 8:
9. An endoscope system, comprising:
an endoscope;
one or more sensors located in a headrest and configured to detect an input at the headrest, wherein the one or more sensors include an array of pressure sensors positioned adjacent to a forehead rest surface of the headrest, each of the pressure sensors corresponding to an area of the forehead rest surface, pressure applied by a user to one or more areas of the forehead rest surface providing input to the array of pressure sensor to generate one or more sensor signals;
one or more actuators; and
one or more processors coupled to the one or more sensors and the one or more actuators;
wherein the one or more processors are configured to:
receive the one or more sensor signals from the one or more sensors, the one or more sensor signals indicating pressure applied to the headrest;
generate one or more actuation signals based on the one or more sensor signals; and
actuate the one or more actuators using the one or more actuation signals to move the endoscope.