Glossary of Terms

Cannula Mount The accessory that attaches a cannula to an arm. There are two types: instrument arm cannulae and camera arm cannulae. Two styles exist for the instrument arms (standard and Twist-lock) and one style for the camera arm.

Cart Refers to the Surgical Cart.

Carriage The portion of the instrument arm to which an Instrument Sterile Adapter attaches.The carriage moves up and down the arm under control of the system, or manually by using the instrument arm clutch.

CRT Cathode Ray Tube.

CAUTION An important level of concern. Failure to heed a CAUTION may result in unintended motion of the da Vinci System that may result in injury to a patient.

Clutch (verb) A. Master clutch is the act of disengaging the Masters from the instrument arms and camera arm so the Masters can be repositioned in a more comfortable working space for the surgeon. This action is similar to lifting a computer mouse off the mouse pad and repositioning it. A clutch is also used at the Surgical Cart to position the instruments and the

camera/endoscope.

B. A Patient-Side clutch allows the patient-side manipulator to float, allowing manual adjustment of the instrument or camera arms.

CLUTCH (noun) A. Foot Switch pedal used to control Master Clutching, and as part of the pedal-click to swap control of an instrument arm to the auxiliary instrument arm, if available.

B. PSM or ECM button that allows clutching of the PSM or ECM.

COAG Foot Switch pedal to control Coagulation.

Console See Surgeon Console.

DANGER The highest level of concern. Failure to heed a DANGER warning can result in injury to a patient.

Drape Clip A reusable accessory that reinforces the interface between the adhesive strip on the instrument arm drape and the instrument arm Sterile Adapter.

ECM Endoscopic Camera Manipulator. This acronym refers to the camera arm.

ESU Electrosurgical Unit or Electrosurgical Generator Unit.

Endoscope An instrument used for the examination of the interior of a canal or a hollow space; also called a “scope.”

Endowrist® Instruments Instruments with a wrist located near the tip.

Emergency Stop State A state where the motors of are turned off and a screen message is sent to the user.

Faulting The transition from a working state to either a soft-locked or dampened state.

Foot Switch A pedal or switch located on the Foot Switch Assembly that has a specific function.

Foot Switch Assembly Located at the base of the Surgeon Console, containing all of the foot controls.

Head Sensor Infrared sensor on either side of the View Port of the Surgeon Console located above the Stereo Viewer.

Illumination System See Light Source.

Instrument Any one of several tools used to effect the procedure in the patient once attached to an instrument arm and inserted into the patient. Instruments include, for example, Large Needle Drivers, DeBakey Forceps and Round Tip Scissors.

Instrument Arms The arms on the outer Set-up Joints of the Surgical Cart that manipulate the instruments according to surgeon’s movement of the Masters.

LED Light emitting diode.

Light Source Endoscopic illumination system. In the da Vinci System, there are two light sources. Together they provide illumination inside the body for vision.

Master The control arms and grips in the Surgeon Console that the surgeon grasps and moves. The surgeon’s movements are translated to the instruments and camera attached to the Surgical Cart arms.

MIS Minimally Invasive Surgery.

MTM Master Tool Manipulator. Refers the Masters on the Surgeon’s Console.

Notes User information to emphasize an important point.

Pedal Click The act of quickly tapping a foot switch at the Surgeon’s Console to alter configuration. The pedal click is used with the Clutch foot switch to swap control between instrument arms, and with the Camera foot switch to toggle between Narrow (3D) and Wide (2D) angle views.

PSM Patient-side manipulator (instrument arm and respective Set-up Joint).

READY A button on the User Switch Panel of the da Vinci System used to change the da Vinci System state.

Scope Endoscope.

Screen The monitor display, located on the Stereo Viewer and/or the Assistant Monitor.

Setup Joint The joints on the Surgical Cart that support the instrument arms and the camera arm. These joints are used to set up the initial positions of the arms on the Surgical Cart.

STANDBY A button on the USP to put the da Vinci System into the Stand By mode.

Stereo Viewer The fixed eyepiece located on the Surgeon Console where the surgeon looks to see the 3D image.

Sterile Adapter Interface device that allows the sterile barrier to be maintained between the camera arm and the endoscope or the instrument arm and the instrument attached to the arm. There are various types of Sterile Adapters: a Sterile Camera Adapter, Sterile Camera Arm Adapter and an Instrument Sterile Adapter. They are not interchangeable.

Sterile Adapter

Reinforcement An adhesive strip on the drape that is adhered to the Sterile Adapter.

Surgeon Console The part of the da Vinci System consisting of a structure that supports the Masters and the 3D Viewer. The Surgeon Console also houses most of the electronics of the complete da Vinci System and the power supply and battery.

Surgical Cart The part of the da Vinci System that is located on the patient side and consists of the column that supports the Set-up Joints that in turn support the instrument and camera arms.

Surgical Cart Arms The arms that are components of the Surgical Cart: two or three instrument arms and one camera arm, depending on the system.

UIP User Interface Panel. The set of buttons and LEDs located on the left side of the Surgeon’s Console, as you face it.

User Interface The controls located on either side of the armrest of the Surgeon Console that are used to command the da Vinci System. The User Interface consists of the User Interface Panel and the User Switch Panel.

USP User Switch Panel. The set of buttons located on the right side of the Surgeon’s Console, as you face it.

View Port The area on the Surgeon Console that includes the View Port, Stereo Viewer and infrared Head Sensors.

WARNING High level of concern. Failure to heed a warning could result in harm to a patient.

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