Abstract: A method performed by a computing system comprises determining an entry position and entry vector of an entry port in a surgical coordinate space. The entry port provides a passageway for insertion of a first medical instrument into a patient's body. The determination of the entry position and entry vector occurs while the first medical instrument is external to the entry port. The method also comprises positioning the first medical instrument based on the entry position and the entry vector of the entry port and advancing a distal end of the first medical instrument along the entry vector into the entry port.

Abstract: A teleoperative system includes a first manipulator assembly, a second manipulator assembly, a first medical instrument movable by the first manipulator assembly, a second medical instrument movable by the second manipulator assembly, a first alignment component positioned on the first manipulator assembly, a second alignment component positioned on an entry port, and a control system configured to record a position of the first manipulator assembly in response to receiving a user input indicating that the first alignment component is aligned with the second alignment component. The second medical instrument is sized and shaped to fit and move within the first medical instrument.

Abstract: A method performed by a computing system comprises determining an entry position and entry vector of an entry port in a surgical coordinate space. The entry port provides a passageway for insertion of a first medical instrument into a patient's body. The determination of the entry position and entry vector occurs while the first medical instrument is external to the entry port. The method also comprises positioning the first medical instrument based on the entry position and the entry vector of the entry port and advancing a distal end of the first medical instrument along the entry vector into the entry port.