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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2019
3m Innovative Properties Company, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Judy J. Ma, Woodbury, MN (US);
G. Marco Bommarito, Stillwater, MN (US);
Amelia Fish, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Rothanak Chhoun, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Christina M. Dimeo, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Maneesh Shrivastav, Blaine, MN (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a system including an image capture device and a computing device configured to receive a test image from the image capture device corresponding to a first surgical instrument, determine an identity type of the first surgical instrument using the test image in a machine vision technique, determine whether the first surgical instrument is flagged, and perform at least one operation in response to whether the first surgical instrument is flagged.