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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2022
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Sean Victor Hastings, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Heather Michelle Bartlett, Dallas, TX (US);
John Edward Musko, Irving, TX (US);
Sudhanshu Mehta, Gurdaspur, IN;
Avinash Kumar, Bokaro Steel City, IN;
Robert Lee York, Lantana, TX (US);
Stryker Corporation, Portage, MI (US);
Abstract
An exemplary method of displaying an intraoperative image of a surgical site comprises: receiving a plurality of images captured by a plurality of in-light cameras integrated into one or more surgical light units illuminating the surgical site, wherein the plurality of images capture the surgical site from a plurality of different perspectives; identifying an obstruction to the surgical site in an image of the plurality of images; responsive to identifying the obstruction, generating a composite image based on a set of the plurality of images, wherein the composite image excludes the obstruction; and displaying the composite image as the intraoperative image of the surgical site.