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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2020
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Amanda H. Lennartz, Erie, CO (US);
Daniel A. Joseph, Golden, CO (US);
Cornelia F. Twomey, Longmont, CO (US);
Erin E. Wehrly, Longmont, CO (US);
David M. Garrison, Longmont, CO (US);
Tyler J. Bagrosky, Arvada, CO (US);
Robert H. Wham, Boulder, CO (US);
Jing Zhao, Superior, CO (US);
Tracy J. Pheneger, Longmont, CO (US);
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A method includes providing a graphical representation of a surgical site, grasping the tissue of the patient with first and second jaw members of an end effector including a location sensor, illuminating optical light into the grasped tissue at the first jaw member, receiving the optical light that has passed through the grasped tissue, at the second jaw member, processing the received light to identify a vessel, which is encompassed within the grasped tissue, receiving location information of the end effector from the location sensor, synchronizing a location of the identified vessel within the graphical representation based on the location information, and displaying the identified vessel at the synchronized location in the graphical representation.