System and method for specular reflection detection and reduction

    公开(公告)号:US11937899B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-26

    申请号:US16562121

    申请日:2019-09-05

    Abstract: An imaging system includes an illuminator for providing illumination on a region of interest, one or more first detectors for detecting reflections of the illumination, and a processing unit. The processing unit is configured to: receive a first image containing the region of interest; determine a first region of high specular reflection in the first image based on the reflections of the illumination on the region of interest; mask the first image by substituting a default color designating masking to alert a user to incomplete image information in the first region of high specular reflection to create a masked first image; and generate a composite image based on the masked first image and a fluorescence image of the region of interest.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN ARTICULATED ARM BASED TOOL GUIDE

    公开(公告)号:US20230338111A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-26

    申请号:US18308992

    申请日:2023-04-28

    CPC classification number: A61B90/50 A61B90/11 A61B34/20 B25J9/1682

    Abstract: A system and method for an articulated arm based tool guide includes an elongated body having a guide hole, a first joint attached to a first end of the body, a second joint attached to a second end of the body opposite the first end, a first mounting arm coupled to the body using the first joint, and a second mounting arm coupled to the body using the second joint. The first mounting arm is configured to be attached to a first articulated arm of a computer-assisted medical device. The second mounting arm is configured to be attached to a second articulated arm of the computer-assisted medical device. The guide hole is adapted to receive a medical tool and maintain a working end of the medical tool in alignment with the guide. In some embodiments, the first mounting arm includes identifying information identifying the tool guide as a tool guide.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COORDINATED MOTION AMONG HETEROGENEOUS DEVICES USING A MOVEMENT TOKEN

    公开(公告)号:US20210391070A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-16

    申请号:US17412812

    申请日:2021-08-26

    Abstract: A system and method of coordinated motion among heterogeneous devices includes a medical device with one or more movable elements and one or more processors. Any of the processors uses a shared interface to access services. The medical device requests a movement token from a token service through the shared interface, receive the movement token from the token service, exchange configuration data, kinematic data, or planned motion data through the shared interface, plan a first motion for a first movable element of the movable elements based on the movement token and the configuration data, the kinematic data, or the planned motion data, and execute the first motion. In some embodiments, the movement token is selected from a group consisting of an exclusive-motion token, a master follow-me token, a slave follow-me token, a master collision-avoidance token, a slave collision-avoidance token, and a passive collision-avoidance token.

    EFFICIENT AND INTERACTIVE BLEEDING DETECTION IN A SURGICAL SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20200367720A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-11-26

    申请号:US16991695

    申请日:2020-08-12

    Abstract: A bleeding detection system may receive, from an image capture system during a surgical procedure, a first frame of data of a scene of a surgical site and identify, based on the first frame, a region of blood in the scene. The system may receive, from the image capture system subsequent to receiving the first frame, a second frame of data of the scene, the second frame including data representative of the region of blood. The system may estimate, based on the first frame and the second frame, motion of blood flow in the region of blood and generate data representative of a combined image comprising the second frame and a visual indicator indicating the motion of blood flow in the region of blood. The system may transmit, during the surgical procedure, the data representative of the combined image to a display unit for display of the combined image.

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