Patent ID: 8543240

Claim:
A surgical system comprising: a master finger tracking device further comprising: a first finger loop; a first sensor element, wherein an output of the first sensor element comprises a first signal used in control of a slave device of the surgical system; a second finger loop; a second sensor element, wherein an output of the second sensor element comprises a second signal used in the control of the slave device of the surgical system; and a compressible body comprising a first end and a second end opposite the first end, wherein the first finger loop is affixed adjacent to the first end, and wherein the second finger loop is affixed adjacent to the second end; wherein upon placement of the first finger loop on a first digit of a human hand and the second finger loop on a second digit of the human hand, the first sensor element is positioned adjacent to the first digit of the human hand, the second sensor element is positioned adjacent to the second digit of the human hand, and the compressible body is positioned between the first and second digits so that the compressible body provides resistance to movement of the first digit towards the second digit.