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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2011
Applicant:
Timothy King, Goleta, CA (US);
Inventor:
Timothy King, Goleta, CA (US);
Assignee:
Karl Storz Imaging, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/0005 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for identifying an area of interest on a surgical image, including a source of surgical image data, which may be a camera, an image processing unit, which may be a camera control unit, and a destination, which may be a display. The image processing unit is configured to receive the surgical image data and combine it with an overlay pattern for identifying an area of interest, which is then displayed on the display. The overlay may include a key with coordinates or labels. Properties of the overlay and the key may be customized and adjusted.