Patent ID: 11903667
Assignee: VERB SURGICAL INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  B  G | IPC A  B  G

Claim 15:
16. A surgical robotic system, comprising:
a surgical instrument;
a user console comprising a first handheld user input device having a finger clutch operable to clutch a first surgical robotic arm, a second handheld user input device having a finger clutch operable to clutch a second surgical robotic arm and a foot pedal having a clutch operable to clutch the first surgical robotic arm and the second surgical robotic arm; and
one or more processors communicatively coupled to the surgical instrument and the user console, the processors configured to:
receive a sequence of user actions through the first handheld user input device, the second handheld user input device and/or the foot pedal over a predetermined interval, the predetermined interval comprising a predetermined amount of time between each action of the sequence of user actions;
receive a user alignment action indicating whether or not a rotation of the first or second handheld user input devices are aligned with a rotation of the first or second surgical robotic arms, respectively;
determine that the surgical robotic system is in a non-teleoperation mode and the sequence of user actions and the user alignment action indicates an intentional engagement; and
transition the surgical robotic system into a teleoperation mode in which the surgical instrument is controlled by user inputs received from the first and second handheld user input devices and the foot pedal.