Trackable Protective Packaging For Tools And Methods For Calibrating Tool Installation Using The Same

A surgical tracking system to evaluate whether a tool is properly mounted to a surgical device, the tool being retained by a protective packaging, the protective packaging including a trackable feature having a predetermined state defined relative to an actual state of the tool retained by the protective packaging, the surgical tracking system comprising:

• a machine vision system comprising a camera configured to detect an actual state of the trackable feature of the protective packaging;
• and
• one or more controllers coupled to the machine vision system and configured to:
• obtain the predetermined state of the trackable feature;
• obtain an expected state of the tool based on an expected condition in which the tool is properly mounted to the surgical device;
• determine the actual state of the tool based on the actual state of the trackable feature detected by the machine vision system and the predetermined state of the trackable feature defined relative to the actual state of the tool;
• compare the actual state and the expected state of the tool;
• evaluate whether the tool is properly mounted to the surgical device based on comparison of the actual state and expected state of the tool;
• and
• generate an alert in response to evaluation of whether the tool is properly mounted to the surgical device.

A surgical system comprising:

• a surgical device;
• a protective packaging configured to retain a tool that is adapted to mount to the surgical device, the protective packaging comprising a trackable feature having a predetermined state defined relative to an actual state of the tool retained by the protective packaging;
• a machine vision system comprising a camera configured to detect an actual state of the trackable feature of the protective packaging;
• and
• one or more controllers coupled to the machine vision system and configured to:
• obtain the predetermined state of the trackable feature;
• obtain an expected state of the tool based on an expected condition in which the tool is properly mounted to the surgical device;
• determine the actual state of the tool based on the actual state of the trackable feature detected by the machine vision system and the predetermined state of the trackable feature defined relative to the actual state of the tool;
• compare the actual state and the expected state of the tool;
• evaluate whether the tool is properly mounted to the surgical device based on comparison of the actual state and expected state of the tool;
• and
• generate an alert in response to evaluation of whether the tool is properly mounted to the surgical device.