Thermal surgical monitoring
AssigneeCynosure, Inc.
InventorsRichard Shaun WELCHES, James Henry Boll
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Abstract
An apparatus is disclosed for monitoring a thermal surgical procedure including a thermal camera for monitoring temperature at a plurality of locations within at least a portion of a surgical field undergoing thermal surgical treatment and generating a series of thermal images based on said monitoring, a processor for processing the thermal images, and a display for displaying, in real time, a series of display images indicative of temperature at the plurality of positions.
Claims51
An apparatus for monitoring a thermal surgical procedure comprising
- a thermal camera for monitoring temperature at a plurality of locations within at least a portion of a surgical field undergoing thermal surgical treatment and generating a series of thermal images based on said monitoring,
- a processor for processing the thermal images;
- and
- a display for displaying, in real time, a series of display images indicative of temperature at the plurality of positions.
A method for monitoring a thermal surgical procedure comprising
- using a thermal camera to monitor temperature at a plurality of locations within at least a portion of a surgical field undergoing thermal surgical treatment and generating a series of thermal images based on said monitoring;
- and
- displaying, in real time, a series of display images indicative of temperature at the plurality of positions based on the series of thermal images.
An apparatus for monitoring temperature at a surface comprising:
- a temperature sensor for remotely sensing the temperature of an area of the surface;
- a light source for illuminating a of portion of the surface proximal to said area;
- and
- an indicator for providing information indicative of the temperature of the area sensed by the temperature sensor.
A method for monitoring tissue temperature during a thermal surgical procedure performed by an operator comprising:
- providing headwear for the operator, said headwear comprising:
- a temperature sensor for remotely sensing the temperature of an area of a surface within a surgical field;
- a light source for illuminating a of portion of the surface proximal to said area;
- and
- an indicator for providing information indicative of the temperature of the area sensed by the temperature sensor;
- directing the light source to a illuminate an area of interest within the surgical field;
- using the temperature sensor to remotely sense the temperature of the area of interest;
- and
- using the indicator to provide information indicative of the temperature of the area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.