Patent ID: 11918422
Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 11:
12. A teleoperational medical system comprising:
a control system with one or more processors;
a teleoperational manipulator arm; and
an imaging system attached to the teleoperational manipulator arm, the imaging system comprising:
imaging sensors that detect image data and transmit imaging sensor data signals to the control system;
a camera interface that interfaces the imaging sensors to the control system;
first and second conductors that electrically couple the control system to the imaging sensors via the camera interface; and
an elongate member with the imaging sensors positioned at a distal end of the elongate member, and the camera interface positioned at a proximal end of the elongate member, with the first and second conductors positioned within the elongate member,
wherein the first conductor transmits control signals and power signals from the control system to the imaging sensors via the camera interface, and wherein the second conductor transmits control signals and power signals from the control system to the imaging sensors via the camera interface, and
wherein the first conductor transmits imaging sensor data signals from the imaging sensors to the control system via the camera interface, and wherein the second conductor transmits imaging sensor data signals from the imaging sensors to the control system via the camera interface.