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20110295268 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED MASTER INPUT SCALING - Embodiments are described for automating aspects of minimally invasive therapeutic treatment of patients. A robotic medical instrument system, comprising an elongate instrument having proximal and distal ends; a controller configured to selectively actuate one or more motors operably coupled to the instrument to thereby selectively move the instrument; a master input device in communication with the controller and configured to generate input commands in response to a directional movement of the master input device; and a load sensor operatively coupled to the elongate instrument and configured to sense magnitude and direction of loads applied to the distal end of the elongate instrument; wherein the controller is configured to compute an instrument movement command to selectively move the instrument based upon the input commands and an input command scaling factor applied to the input commands, the input command scaling factor being variable with the magnitude of sensed loads. | 12-01-2011 |
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