Scialytic light navigation
AssigneeMedTech S.A.
InventorFlorian Coiseur
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Abstract
A system and method for tracking an object within a surgical field are described. A system may include a lighting component to illuminate a surgical field, and a camera device to capture an image of a tracked device within the surgical field. The system may include a rotational component configured to rotate with respect to the lighting component. The camera device may couple to the rotational component to rotate with respect to the lighting component, such as in response to an obstruction of a tracked object being detected.
Claims20
A system for tracking an object within a surgical field, the system comprising:
- a lighting component to illuminate a surgical field;
- a camera device coupled to the lighting component via a rotational component configured to rotate the camera device 360 degrees around a radial axis centered with respect to the lighting component;
- a computing system communicatively coupled to the camera device, the computing system including a processor and a memory device, the memory device including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the computing system to:
- receive, from the camera device, first image information of the surgical field;
- analyze the first image information to detect that a sight line from the camera device to a tracked object is at least partially obstructed;
- control the rotational component to rotate the camera device about the lighting component.
A computer implemented method for racking an object within a surgical field, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a processor from a camera device, first image information of the surgical field;
- analyzing, using the processor, the first image information to detect that a sight line from the camera device to a tracked object is at least partially obstructed;
- communicating a signal to a rotational component associated with the camera device, the signal to rotate the camera device about a radial axis centered on a lighting component;
- receiving, from the camera device subsequent to the camera device rotating, second image information of the surgical field indicative of a position and orientation of the tracked object within the surgical field;
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- outputting, from the processor, the position and the orientation of the tracked object.
At least one non-transitory machine-readable medium including instructions for tracking an object within a surgical field, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- receive, from a camera device, first image information of the surgical field;
- analyze the first image information to detect that a sight line from the camera device to a tracked object is at least partially obstructed;
- communicating a signal to a rotational component associated with the camera device, the signal to cause the camera device to rotate about a radial axis centered on a lighting component, wherein the signal causes the rotational component to rotate the camera device within +/−180 degrees about the radial axis from an initial position;
- receive, from the camera device subsequent to the camera device rotating, second image information of the surgical field indicative of a position and orientation of the tracked object within the surgical field;
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- output the position and the orientation of the tracked object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.