Method for monitoring consumables during a medical procedure and medical image processing system
AssigneeOlympus Winter & Ibe GmbH
InventorsBorg ENDERS, Thorsten JUERGENS
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Abstract
A method for monitoring consumables during a medical procedure, wherein unused consumables are provided in a supply area, consumables are used in a surgery area, and used consumables are deposited in a collection area. The method including: observing the supply area and the collection area with at least one first camera, registering, by a first automatic image processing method, when unused consumables are removed from the supply area, registering, by a second automatic image processing method, when used consumables are deposited in the collection area, and balancing the consumables removed from the supply area and the consumables deposited in the collection area.
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A method for monitoring consumables during a medical procedure, wherein unused consumables are provided in a supply area, consumables are used in a surgery area, and used consumables are deposited in a collection area, the method comprising:
- observing the supply area and the collection area with at least one first camera,
- registering, by a first automatic image processing method, when unused consumables are removed from the supply area,
- registering, by a second automatic image processing method, when used consumables are deposited in the collection area, and
- balancing the consumables removed from the supply area and the consumables deposited in the collection area.
A medical image processing system, comprising:
- one or more cameras configured to capture a supply area for unused consumables and a collection area for used consumables, and
- a controller configured to,
- receiving first video data from the one or more first cameras,
- observing the supply area having unused consumables and the collection area having used consumables with the one or more first cameras,
- registering, by a first automatic image processing method, when the unused consumables are removed from the supply area,
- registering, by a second automatic image processing method, when the used consumables are deposited in the collection area, and
- balancing the consumables removed from the supply area and the consumables deposited in the collection area.
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