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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2015
Gauss Surgical, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Siddarth Satish, Los Altos, CA (US);
Kevin J. Miller, Los Altos, CA (US);
Yaser Yacoob, Los Altos, CA (US);
Andrew T. Hosford, Los Altos, CA (US);
Charlie Carroll, Los Altos, CA (US);
Grant Kadokura, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Tyler Stout, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Juan Carlos Aragon, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael Hsieh, Los Altos, CA (US);
Gauss Surgical, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for assessing an amount of a blood component of a volume of fluid within a canister, the method comprising: receiving an image of the canister generated by the image acquisition device; selecting a first region of the image exhibiting substantially uniform color, wherein the first region of the image corresponds to a layer of fluid situated between a wall of the canister and a first feature of an insert retained in position within the canister; determining a color parameter representative of the first region; determining a concentration of a blood component within the canister, based upon the color parameter; upon determining the volume of fluid of fluid within the canister, generating an analysis informative of an amount of the blood component within the canister; and providing information derived from the analysis to an entity associated with an individual from whom the volume of fluid originated.