Integrated robotic surgery system with tourniquet system
AssigneeOrthosoft Ulc
InventorsPierre COUTURE, Victor CERDA-CARVAJAL, Andrew FREIBERG, Matthew J. MCDONELL
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Abstract
A system for controlling a tourniquet pressure may have a processing unit and a non-transitory computer-readable memory communicatively coupled to the processing unit and comprising computer-readable program instructions executable by the processing unit. The system may obtain ultrasound readings indicative of a blood flow in a limb having a tourniquet applying pressure on the limb; determine characteristic(s) of the blood flow from the ultrasound readings; and adjust a tourniquet pressure as a function of the at least one characteristic of the blood flow. An integrated robotic surgery system is also provided.
Claims20
A system for controlling a tourniquet pressure, comprising:
- a processing unit;
- and
- a non-transitory computer-readable memory communicatively coupled to the processing unit and comprising computer-readable program instructions executable by the processing unit for:
- obtaining ultrasound readings indicative of a blood flow in a limb having a tourniquet applying pressure on the limb;
- determining at least one characteristic of the blood flow from the ultrasound readings;
- and
- adjusting a tourniquet pressure as a function of the at least one characteristic of the blood flow.
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