Patent ID: 11933827
Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A  H | IPC A  G  H

Claim 17:
18. The control input device of claim 1, wherein:
the control input device further includes one or more control input sensors;
the one or more control input sensors sense one or more positions, one or more orientations, or one or more positions and orientations of the handle in the one or more degrees of freedom;
the control input device is included in a teleoperated surgical system;
the support structure is coupled to a gimbal mechanism that provides multiple degrees of freedom to the support structure and to the handle;
the teleoperated surgical system includes a controlling mode in which movement of the handle in the one or more degrees of freedom activates one or more functions of a manipulator device of the teleoperated surgical system; and
a capacitance sensed by the capacitive sensor circuit and that indicates presence of a hand of a user at the control input device enables activation of the controlling mode of the teleoperated surgical system.