Techniques for automatically tracking surgical procedures

A method for automatically tracking surgical procedures performed on an anatomical object of a patient by a surgical system, comprising:

• obtaining imaging data of the anatomical object of the patient captured during a period of time;
• generating a confidence score for at least one surgical procedure based on at least one of:
• one or more surgical instruments used on the anatomical object in the imaging data;
• or
• one or more surgical products used on the anatomical object in the imaging data;
• automatically identifying the at least one surgical procedure as being performed on the anatomical object during the period of time based on the confidence score;
• responsive to the automatically identifying the at least one surgical procedure, automatically generating a unique identifier corresponding to the at least one surgical procedure;
• automatically causing a visual representation associated with the at least one surgical procedure and the generated unique identifier to be provided on a user interface;
• upon receiving a confirmation from a user confirming the unique identifier, automatically transmitting the unique identifier to a second apparatus for automatic processing;
• and
• upon receiving user input contradicting or rejecting the unique identifier, automatically overriding the unique identifier and transmit a second unique identifier provided by the user through the user interface to the second apparatus for automatic processing.

A surgical system for automatically tracking surgical procedures performed on an anatomical object of a patient, comprising:

• a memory comprising executable instructions;
• and
• at least one processor configured to execute the executable instructions and cause the surgical system to:
• obtain imaging data of the anatomical object of the patient captured during a period of time, the imaging data comprising a plurality of image frames captured during the period of time;
• automatically generate a unique identifier corresponding to at least one surgical procedure performed on the anatomical object during the period of time based on the imaging data;
• automatically cause a visual representation associated with the at least one surgical procedure and the generated unique identifier to be provided on a user interface;
• upon receiving a confirmation from a user confirming the unique identifier, automatically transmit the unique identifier to a second apparatus for automatic processing;
• upon receiving user input contradicting or rejecting the unique identifier, automatically override the unique identifier and transmit a second unique identifier provided by the user through the user interface to the second apparatus for automatic processing;
• and
• select at least one of a representative image frame or a representative video clip that demonstrates performance of the at least one surgical procedure, wherein the selection is based on a confidence score being greater than or equal to a confidence threshold, the confidence score indicating a level of confidence that the at least one surgical procedure is demonstrated in the selected at least one of a representative image frame or a representative video clip.