Image capturing of the areas outside the abdomen to improve placement and control of a surgical device in use

A situationally aware surgical system configured for use during a surgical procedure, the situationally aware surgical system comprising:

• a surgical device;
• a camera configured to image individuals performing activities in an operating room;
• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
• receive an image of the surgical device within the operating room from the camera;
• detect an imaged pose of the surgical device during a normal course of the surgical procedure without requiring an affirmative action of the surgical device;
• determine a next step of the surgical procedure based on the detected pose;
• correlate the detected pose to a procedural outcome stored in the memory;
• and
• preemptively control the surgical device according to the determined next step without a user of the surgical device taking an affirmative action with respect to the surgical device, wherein a control parameter of the surgical device is based, at least in part, on the correlation.

A situationally aware surgical system configured for use during a surgical procedure, the situationally aware surgical system comprising:

• a surgical device;
• a camera configured to image individuals performing activities in an operating room;
• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
• receive an image of a surgical device and an individual within the operating room from the camera;
• detect an imaged pose of the surgical device based on the image according to whether the image is of the surgical device during a normal course of the surgical procedure;
• detect whether the individual is performing a predetermined activity based on an imaged physical property of the individual;
• determine a next step of the surgical procedure based on at least one of the detected pose of the surgical device or the detected activity of the individual;
• correlate the detected pose to a procedural outcome stored in the memory;
• and
• preemptively control the surgical device according to the determined next step without the individual taking an affirmative action with respect to the surgical device, wherein a control parameter of the surgical device is based, at least in part, on the correlation.