INDICATOR FOR TOOL STATE COMMUNICATION IN MULTI-ARM ROBOTIC TELESURGERY

摘要

Medical and/or robotic devices, systems and methods can provide an indicator (20) associated with each manipulator assembly (8, 10, 32) of a multi-arm telerobotic or telesurgical system. The indicator (20) comprises a visual indicator mounted to a manipulator (8, 10, 32), an associated set-up arm (7, 9) or an associated tool (5, 11), allowing the indicator to display any of a wide variety of signals.