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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2018
Applicant:
Asensus Surgical Us, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Inventors:
Kevin Andrew Hufford, Cary, NC (US);
Matthew Robert Penny, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); H04L 65/612 (2022.01); H04L 65/70 (2022.01); H04L 65/75 (2022.01); H04L 65/80 (2022.01); H04N 21/8352 (2011.01); H04N 21/84 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/37 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/8456 (2013.01); A61B 34/76 (2016.02); A61B 90/37 (2016.02); H04L 65/612 (2022.05); H04L 65/70 (2022.05); H04L 65/762 (2022.05); H04L 65/80 (2013.01); H04N 21/8352 (2013.01); H04N 21/84 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00022 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00115 (2013.01); A61B 34/37 (2016.02); A61B 2090/065 (2016.02); A61B 2090/365 (2016.02);
Abstract
A system and method for displaying tissue information on a display screen includes a camera capturing an image of an anatomical working site including a surgical instrument, and a display displaying the image. A tissue information detection device determines information about the health, pathology etc. of tissue in contact with a surgical instrument, or about an interaction between the surgical instrument and the tissue. The system renders overlays depicting the tissue information with the image on the display.