Set comprising a surgical instrument
Assignee3DIntegrated Aps
InventorsSteen Møller Hansen, Henriette Schultz Kirkegaard
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Abstract
The invention relates to a correlated set for minimal invasive surgery comprising a surgical instrument and a pattern generating member, a surgical system, a training kit, a method of training and a meth of performing a minimal invasive surgery. The surgical instrument comprises a handle portion, a surgical tool and a body portion connecting the handle portion to the surgical tool. The pattern generating member comprises a pattern light source and a projector for projecting a light pattern. The projector is adapted for being at least temporarily fixed to the body portion of the surgical instrument such that a movement of said surgical tool results in a correlated movement of said projector.
Claims14
1-55. (canceled)
An apparatus for minimally invasive surgery, comprising:
- a surgical instrument comprising a body portion and a surgical tool disposed at the distal end of the body portion;
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- a projector disposed on an exterior surface of the body portion, the projector having an outer surface including a plurality of light-emitting areas configured to project a light pattern onto tissue, the plurality of light emitting areas arranged on the outer surface such that distally-disposed light-emitting areas of the plurality of light-emitting areas project the light pattern at a first angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the body portion, and proximally-disposed light emitting areas of the plurality of light-emitting areas project the light pattern at a second angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the body portion, the second angle different from the first angle.
A surgical system, comprising:
- a surgical instrument comprising a body portion and a surgical tool disposed at the distal end of the body portion;
- a projector disposed on an exterior surface of the body portion, the projector having an outer surface including a plurality of light-emitting areas configured to project a light pattern onto tissue, the plurality of light emitting areas arranged on the outer surface such that distally-disposed light-emitting areas of the plurality of light-emitting areas project the light pattern at a first angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the body portion, and proximally-disposed light emitting areas of the plurality of light-emitting areas project the light pattern at a second angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the body portion, the second angle different from the first angle;
- a camera configured to acquire an image of the light pattern projected onto the tissue;
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- a monitor configured to display the acquired image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.