Hooked surgery camera
AssigneeVerb Surgical Inc.
InventorsMargaret F. Nicholson, Berk Gonenc
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Abstract
A hooked surgery camera for use in surgical robotic systems includes a hook coupled to a side or end of a camera body, for attaching the camera to tissue during a surgery. The camera also includes a lens on another end of the camera body, and electronic components inside the camera body. The electronic components include a battery, a digital camera module and a wireless data transmitter. The hooked surgery camera provides a supplementary view of the surgical site, that is from a different perspective than the view provided by an endoscope, during laparoscopic surgeries. Other aspects are also described and claimed.
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A hooked surgery camera for use as part of a surgical robotic system, the hooked surgery camera comprising:
- a camera body extending from a proximal end to a side and then to a distal end;
- a hook having one end coupled to the side or to the proximal end of the camera body, and another end to be attached to patient tissue;
- a camera lens mounted at the distal end of the camera body;
- a digital camera module in the camera body, the digital camera module configured to capture images through the camera lens;
- a wireless data transmitter in the camera body and communicatively coupled to the camera module to send the captured images to an external device;
- a light source in the camera body to illuminate a scene in a field of view of the camera lens;
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- a battery in the camera body to provide power to the transmitter and the digital camera module.
A hooked surgery camera for use as part of a surgical robotic system, the hooked surgery camera comprising:
- a camera body;
- a hook having one end coupled to the camera body, and another end to be attached to patient tissue;
- a camera lens mounted to the camera body, wherein the camera body and the camera lens form a capsule;
- a digital camera module in the camera body, the digital camera module configured to capture images through the camera lens;
- a wireless data transmitter in the camera body and communicatively coupled to the camera module to send the captured images to an external device;
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- a battery in the camera body to provide power to the wireless data transmitter and the digital camera module.
A hooked surgery camera for use as part of a surgical robotic system, the hooked surgery camera comprising:
- a camera body;
- a hook having one end coupled to the camera body, and another end to be attached to a patient tissue;
- a camera lens mounted to the camera body;
- a digital camera module in the camera body, configured to capture images through the camera lens;
- a wireless data transmitter in the camera body and communicatively coupled to the camera module to send the captured images to an external device;
- a battery in the camera body to provide power to the wireless data transmitter and the digital camera module;
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- a string coupled to the camera body or to the hook at one end, and to be clamped to a surgical drape at another end.
A hooked surgery camera for use as part of a surgical robotic system, the hooked surgery camera comprising:
- a camera body;
- a hook having one end coupled to the camera body, and another end to be attached to a patient tissue;
- a camera lens mounted to the camera body;
- a digital camera module in the camera body, configured to capture images through the camera lens;
- a wireless data transmitter in the camera body and communicatively coupled to the camera module to send the captured images to an external device;
- a battery in the camera body to provide power to the wireless data transmitter and the digital camera module;
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- a shell that seals off the camera body and the camera lens.
A hooked surgery camera for use as part of a surgical robotic system, the hooked surgery camera comprising:
- a camera body;
- a hook having one end coupled to the camera body, and another end to be attached to patient tissue;
- a camera lens mounted to the camera body, wherein the camera lens is a wide-angle lens;
- a digital camera module in the camera body, the digital camera module configured to capture images through the camera lens;
- a wireless data transmitter in the camera body and communicatively coupled to the camera module to send the captured images to an external device;
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- a battery in the camera body to provide power to the wireless data transmitter and the digital camera module.
A hooked surgery camera for use as part of a surgical robotic system, the hooked surgery camera comprising:
- a camera body;
- a hook having one end coupled to the camera body, and another end to be attached to patient tissue;
- a camera lens mounted to the camera body;
- a digital camera module in the camera body, the digital camera module configured to capture images through the camera lens;
- a wireless data transmitter in the camera body and communicatively coupled to the camera module to send the captured images to an external device;
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- a battery in the camera body to provide power to the wireless data transmitter and the digital camera module, wherein the camera body is configured to be inserted into a patient's body through a trocar port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.