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Patent No.:

US 12718934 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026

Filed:

Jun. 13, 2023

Systems and methods for managing air quality in a surgical environment

Applicant:

Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);

Inventors:

Sean Victor Hastings, Flower Mound, TX (US);

Heather Marlene Coughlan, Brantford, CA;

Assignee:

Stryker Corporation, Portage, MI (US);

Attorney:

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Primary Examiner:

Ariel Mercado-Vargas

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G16H 40/20 (2018.01); F24F 3/167 (2021.01); F24F 11/00 (2018.01); F24F 110/65 (2018.01); G06V 10/70 (2022.01); G06V 20/40 (2022.01); G16H 20/40 (2018.01); F24F 120/14 (2018.01); G16H 40/40 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G16H 40/20 (2018.01); F24F 3/167 (2021.01); G06V 10/70 (2022.01); G06V 20/44 (2022.01); G16H 20/40 (2018.01); F24F 2110/65 (2018.01); F24F 2120/14 (2018.01); G16H 40/40 (2018.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure relates generally to improving surgery safety, and more specifically to techniques for managing air quality associated with an operating room. An exemplary method for managing air quality associated with an operating room comprises: detecting a quantity of a substance in the air in the operating room; determining a surgical milestone associated with a surgery in the operating room; identifying a threshold associated with the substance and the surgical milestone of the surgery in the operating room; determining that the quantity of the substance exceeds the threshold associated with the substance and the surgical milestone of the surgery in the operating room; and in accordance with the determination that the quantity of the substance exceeds the threshold associated with the substance and the surgical milestone, outputting a notification that the quantity of the substance exceeds the threshold associated with the substance and the surgical milestone.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Hastings, Sean. (2026). Systems and methods for managing air quality in a surgical environment (U.S. Patent No. 12718934). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12718934

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