| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a preferable indicator for a tool state and communication in multi-arm robotic telesurgery. <P>SOLUTION: Medical and/or robotic devices, systems and methods can provide an indicator (20) associated with each manipulator assembly (8, 10) of a multi-arm telerobotic or telesurgical system. The exemplary indicator comprises a multi-color light emitting diode (LED) (56) mounted to a manipulator moving an associated surgical instrument (28), allowing the indicator to display any of a wide variety of signals. The invention may provide an additional user interface to facilitate communications between the telesurgical system and/or members (A, O) of a telesurgical team. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT |
