Surgical system and method of displaying information in the same

Inventors

Ishihara, Kazuki • TSURUMOTO, Kenichiro • Suzuki, Yuki • Kunimoto, Masaya • KIMPARA, Yuki • Kageyama, Yuichi

Assignees

Medicaroid Corp

Abstract

A surgical system according to one or more embodiments may include: manipulators respectively supporting an endoscope and first and second surgical instruments; a remote control apparatus including a display device, a first operation handle for right hand to operate the first surgical instrument, and a second operation handle for left hand to operate the second surgical instrument; and a control apparatus. The control apparatus may display, on the display device, a graphical user interface, overlapped with the image captured by the endoscope, the graphical user interface including a first area that displays information on the first surgical instrument to be operated by the first operation handle, a second area that displays information on the second surgical instrument to be operated by the second operation handle, and a third area that displays information on the endoscope, which are arranged side by side in order from right to left.

Core Innovation

The invention relates to a surgical system including a first manipulator that supports a first surgical instrument, a second manipulator that supports a second surgical instrument, and a third manipulator that supports an endoscope. An operation apparatus includes a display device that displays an endoscopic image captured by the endoscope on an entirety of a screen, and a first operation handle operated by a right hand and a second operation handle operated by a left hand.

A control apparatus controls the display device to display the endoscopic image across the entirety of the screen and a graphical user interface in superimposed relation with the endoscopic image. When the endoscope is moved by the third manipulator, the graphical user interface comprises a level for the endoscope in a central area other than a lower end region and an upper end region, and when the endoscope is not moved by the third manipulator, the graphical user interface is displayed without including the endoscope level in superimposed relation with the endoscopic image.

The operation apparatus further includes an operation pedal section having foot pedals, including coagulation pedals, cutting pedals, a clutch pedal, a camera pedal, and a switch pedal, and includes foot-presence sensors. The control apparatus changes graphical user interface content and styling according to detected foot preparation/operation states, including presenting an endoscope level overlay when the camera pedal is operated, and the user interface includes right/left instrument information and endoscope information displayed in side-by-side screen areas arranged right-to-left, with replacement-instrument information in an additional GUI area with subdued visibility.

Claims Coverage

The document contains two independent claims. Both center on a full-screen endoscopic image with a graphical user interface superimposed on the image, and a conditional endoscope level shown only when the endoscope is moved by the third manipulator; the level is placed in a central area excluding lower and upper end regions and omitted when the endoscope is not moved.

Across both independent claims, the coverage is anchored in a full-screen endoscopic image with a graphical user interface superimposed over the image, and a conditional endoscope level that is shown only when the endoscope is moved by the third manipulator, with the level confined to a central screen area excluding lower and upper end regions.

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