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

Claim 20:
21. 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;, determine that the surgical robotic system is in a teleoperation mode and the sequence of user actions indicate an intentional disengagement, wherein the surgical instrument is controlled by user inputs received from the first and second handheld user input devices and the clutch pedal in the teleoperation mode; and
transition the surgical robotic system into a non-teleoperation mode in which the first and second handheld user input devices are prevented from controlling the surgical instrument.