Surgical training simulator having augmented reality
AssigneeHaptica Ltd.
InventorDonncha Ryan
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Abstract
A surgical training device includes a body form, an optical tracking system within the body form, and a camera configured to be optically tracked and to obtain images of at least one surgical instrument located within the body form. The surgical training device further includes a computer configured to receive signals from the optical tracking system, and a display operatively coupled to the computer and operative to display the images of at least one surgical instrument and a virtual background, the virtual background depicting a portion of a body cavity, the virtual background displayed from a perspective of the camera configured to be optically tracked.
Claims20
A surgical training device, comprising:
- a body form;
- an optical tracking system within the body form;
- a camera configured to be optically tracked and to obtain images of at least one surgical instrument located within the body form;
- a computer configured to receive signals from the optical tracking system;
- and
- a display operatively coupled to the computer and operative to display the images of at least one surgical instrument and a virtual background, the virtual background depicting a portion of a body cavity, the virtual background displayed from a perspective of the camera configured to be optically tracked.
A method of surgical training, comprising:
- obtaining image data of at least one surgical instrument from a camera located within a body form;
- optically tracking the camera;
- transmitting signals corresponding to position and alignment information of the camera;
- receiving the signals in a computer;
- displaying the image data of the least one surgical instrument;
- and
- displaying from a perspective of the camera a virtual background, the virtual background depicting a portion of a body cavity.
A method of surgical training, comprising:
- obtaining image data of at least one surgical instrument from a camera located within a body form;
- optically tracking the camera;
- transmitting signals corresponding to position and alignment information of the camera;
- receiving the signals in a computer;
- generating three dimensional position and alignment data for the camera;
- comparing the position and alignment data with at least one digitally stored model of the at least one camera;
- displaying the image data of the least one surgical instrument;
- and
- displaying from a perspective of the camera a virtual background, the virtual background depicting a portion of a body cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.