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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
May. 02, 2019
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Rohitkumar Godhani, Milpitas, CA (US);
Brian D. Hoffman, Mountain View, CA (US);
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A measurement system accesses first and second images captured respectively from first and second vantage points by first and second cameras included within a stereoscopic endo scope located at a surgical area associated with a patient. The measurement system receives user input designating a user-selected two-dimensional ('2D') endpoint corresponding to a feature within the surgical area as represented in the first image, and identifies, based on the user-selected 2D endpoint, a matched 2D endpoint corresponding to the feature as represented in the second image. Based on the user-selected and matched 2D endpoints, the measurement system defines a three-dimensional (“3D”) endpoint corresponding to the feature within the surgical area. The measurement system then determines a distance from the 3D endpoint to an additional 3D endpoint corresponding to an additional feature within the surgical area. Corresponding systems and methods are also described.