User interface system and methods for overlaying surgical video output

A method of providing a surgical user interface system, comprising:

• providing an interface comprising providing at least one overlay element of:
• at least one menu bar, at least one tab, at least one sidebar, at least one window, at least one icon;
• at least one graphical control element, at least one haptic control element, and at least one voice control element, providing the interface comprising configuring the interface to:
• communicate with at least one surgical system, the at least one surgical system comprising at least one of an imaging system, a guidance system, a control system, a tracking system, a navigation system, a drive system, and a voice recognition system;
• display information corresponding to at least one surgical parameter of the at least one surgical system;
• overlay a real-time streaming image from the imaging system;
• receive input by way of the at least one overlay element;
• transmit the input to the at least one surgical system;
• and
• update, in real-time, the at least one overlay element in response to a change in the at least one surgical parameter.

A method of interfacing at least one surgical system by way of a surgical user interface system, comprising:

• providing the surgical interface system, providing the surgical interface system comprising providing an interface comprising at least one overlay element of:
• at least one menu bar, at least one tab, at least one sidebar, at least one window, at least one icon;
• at least one graphical control element, at least one haptic control element, and at least one voice control element, the interface configured to:
• communicate with at least one surgical system, the at least one surgical system comprising at least one of an imaging system, a guidance system, a control system, a tracking system, a navigation system, a drive system, and a voice recognition system;
• display information corresponding to at least one surgical parameter of the at least one surgical system;
• overlay a real-time streaming image from the imaging system;
• receive input by way of the at least one overlay element;
• transmit the input to the at least one surgical system;
• and
• update, in real-time, the at least one overlay element in response to a change in the at least one surgical parameter;
• and
• overlaying the surgical interface system in relation to the a real-time streaming image from the imaging system.