Patent ID: 11960645
Assignee: VERB SURGICAL INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 8:
9. A method for disengaging a surgical instrument of a surgical robotic system, the method comprising:
receiving a gaze input from an eye tracker that tracks a gaze of a user relative to a display associated with the surgical robotic system;
determining, by one or more processors communicatively coupled to the eye tracker, whether the gaze input indicates the gaze of the user is outside or inside of the display, wherein determining the gaze input indicates the gaze is outside of the display comprises:
receiving a valid gaze input indicating that a gaze for at least one eye of the user is detected by the eye tracker;
determining the gaze for the at least one eye is fixed at a fixation point outside of the display or a saccade comprising a rapid movement between fixation points; and
in response to determining the gaze is outside of the display, determining whether to pause or disengage the surgical robotic system from a teleoperation mode.