Patent ID: 9179832
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A surgical system comprising: a camera instrument comprising: an input device; and a controller coupled to the input device and coupled to the camera instrument, the controller including a translational mode and an orientational mode, wherein in the translational mode, the controller is configured to command the first assembly to be actuated for moving the viewing tip translationally in at least two orthogonal translational degrees of freedom in response to movement of the input device commanding the moving of the viewing tip translationally, wherein the translational degrees of freedom in the translational mode are different from orientational degrees of freedom in the orientational mode, wherein the orientational degrees of freedom include pitch, yaw, and roll, and wherein in the orientational mode, the controller is configured to command the second assembly to be actuated for moving the viewing tip orientationally in at least one of pitch and yaw in response to movement of the input device commanding the moving of the viewing tip orientationally.