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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2023
Olympus Winter & Ibe Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;
Sascha Jaskola, Hamburg, DE;
OLYMPUS Winter & Ibe GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Abstract
A method for manipulating laparoscopic images taken during a laparoscopic procedure using a video laparoscope. The method including: analyzing the laparoscopic images relative to visibility of an object; calculating a placement of a pre-generated 3D model of the object relative to the location of the object in the laparoscopic images; generating a visual representation of the 3D model; comparing at least one of color information and brightness information of the visual representation of the 3D model and of the laparoscopic images at the location of the 3D model and adjusting the representation of the 3D model based on the comparison in regions where the difference is below a predefined threshold; and generating composite images using the laparoscopic images and the adjusted representation of the 3D model.