Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ureter detection using waveband-selective imaging
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Application No.: US15536210Application Date: 2015-12-14
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Publication No.: US10588711B2Publication Date: 2020-03-17
- Inventor: Jeffrey M. DiCarlo , Ian E. McDowall , Jonathan M. Sorger
- Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- International Application: PCT/US2015/065561 WO 20151214
- International Announcement: WO2016/100214 WO 20160623
- Main IPC: A61B90/00
- IPC: A61B90/00 ; A61B34/30 ; A61B1/00 ; A61B6/00 ; A61B90/30

Abstract:
Selective reflection of light by ureters and by tissue around the ureters is used to safely and efficiently image the ureters. In one aspect, a plurality of surgical site scenes is captured. Each of the plurality of surgical site scenes is captured from reflected light having a different light spectrum. The plurality of captured surgical site scenes is analyzed to identify ureter tissue in the captured surgical site scenes. A surgical site scene is displayed on a display device. The displayed surgical site scene has ureter tissue artificially highlighted.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170360526A1 URETER DETECTION USING WAVEBAND-SELECTIVE IMAGING Public/Granted day:2017-12-21
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