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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2015
Applicant:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Inventor:
Cemal Shener, Woburn, MA (US);
Assignee:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/12 (2006.01); A61B 1/045 (2006.01); A61M 13/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/142 (2006.01); A61B 1/015 (2006.01); A61B 1/313 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/045 (2013.01); A61B 1/00002 (2013.01); A61B 1/00006 (2013.01); A61B 1/00009 (2013.01); A61B 1/015 (2013.01); A61B 1/12 (2013.01); A61B 1/313 (2013.01); A61M 5/142 (2013.01); A61M 13/003 (2013.01); A61M 2005/14208 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3306 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3592 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for use in surgical procedures. The system includes an endoscope, an imaging device coupled to the endoscope, an imaging processor coupled to the imaging device, and at least one management system coupled to the imaging processor, in which a function of the management system is automatically adjusted upon receipt of a communication from the imaging processor.