Patent ID: 11872007
Assignee: AURIS HEALTH, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 18:
19. A method of using a system having a set of one or more robotic arms adapted for a surgical procedure, comprising:
in a first mode of operation, causing at least one of the set of one or more robotic arms to move in response to a first user input at a master controller;
viewing one or more digital images rendered on a viewer;
wherein:
the viewer is communicatively coupled with an imaging device;
the one or more digital images are based on image data from the imaging device; and
the imaging device is coupled with one of the set of one or more robotic arms;

causing the viewer to display an interactive menu over at least a portion of the one or more digital images rendered in the viewer in response to a second user input at the master controller;
changing the system from the first mode of operation to a second mode of operation;
in the second mode of operation, causing the viewer to display a graphical overlay on the one or more digital images in response to a third user input at the master controller,
wherein the third user input comprises a user interaction with the interactive menu,
wherein the graphical overlay indicates a current position and orientation of each of the one or more robotic arms, a current position of an object, and an alert identifying an area of potential collision between the one or more robotic arms and the object, and
wherein the area of potential collision is based on the object being within a predetermined trigger distance from at least one of the one or more robotic arms; and

causing further movement of the one or more robotic arms to be suspended until at least the alert is deactivated by an operator of the system after the alert is displayed and when the object is within a predetermined boundary distance from the at least one of the one or more robotic arms, wherein the predetermined trigger distance is greater than the predetermined boundary distance.