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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2017
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Karen C. Brandao, San Jose, CA (US);
Mahdi Azizian, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Simon P. Dimaio, San Carlos, CA (US);
Brian D. Hoffman, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jonathan M. Sorger, Belmont, CA (US);
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is provided to produce a multi-modality image of a surgical scene comprising: capture light reflected from the surgical scene; producing first image information corresponding to a first modality image; producing second image information corresponding to a second modality image; selecting a portion of the second image modality based at least in part upon anatomical structure information included within the selected portion; and producing simultaneously within a display at least a portion of the first modality image of the surgical scene and the selected portion of the second modality image.
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