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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
May. 02, 2022
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Robert H. Wham, Boulder, CO (US);
William E. Robinson, Boulder, CO (US);
James D. Allen, Iv, Broomfield, CO (US);
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A surgical system includes at least one audio sensor configured to sense audio during a surgical procedure and to output audio data based on the sensed audio. The surgical system further includes a computing device operably coupled to the at least one audio sensor and configured to receive the output audio data from the at least one audio sensor. The computing device includes a processor and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to determine at least one of a cause or a location of a sound based at least on the output audio data and to output an indication of the at least one of the cause or location of the sound.