User interface elements for orientation of remote camera during surgery
AssigneeActiv Surgical, Inc.
InventorVasiliy Evgenyevich Buharin
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Abstract
User interface elements for orientation of remote camera during surgery are provided. In various embodiments, an image of an interior of a body cavity of a patient is received from one or more camera located at a distal end of an endoscopic tool. Position information and/or orientation information of the camera is received. A reference view indicating a field of view of the camera(s) on an anatomical model is generated based on the position information and/or orientation information. The reference view is displayed in combination with the image to a user.
Claims21
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A method for imaging a surgical scene of a patient, comprising:
- (a) using one or more cameras to capture one or more images of the surgical scene;
- (b) using one or more sensors to obtain position information of the one or more cameras;
- (c) generating a reference view of the surgical scene based on the position information of the one or more cameras, wherein the reference view comprises a field of view of the one or more cameras relative to an anatomical model of the surgical scene;
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- (d) displaying the reference view and the one or more images of the surgical scene to a user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.