Back to results
US 2026/0083315 A1Published application
Surgical tube for enhanced visualization in minimally invasive surgery and a surgical system
AssigneeRobotron Technologies Inc.
InventorKrzysztof SIEMIONOW
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A surgical tube has a body; a vision module combined with the body, the vision module having a camera mounted at an inner part of a leading end of the surgical tube, the camera having a field of view covering a vicinity of an inner volume of the surgical tube at the leading end; and a lighting directed towards the field of view.
Claims17
A surgical tube comprising:
- a body;
- a vision module combined with the body, the vision module comprising:
- a camera mounted at an inner part of a leading end of the surgical tube, the camera having a field of view covering a vicinity of an inner volume of the surgical tube at the leading end;
- and
- a lighting directed towards the field of view.
2 more elements
A surgical system comprising:
- a surgical tube comprising:
- a body;
- a vision module combined with the body, the vision module comprising:
- a camera mounted at an inner part of a leading end of the surgical tube, the camera having a field of view covering a vicinity of an inner volume of the surgical tube at the leading end;
- and
- a lighting directed towards the field of view;
- and
- a data processing module comprising a data processor configured to process data received from the camera of the vision module.
5 more elements
A method for providing enhanced visualization of image data of a surgical field, the method comprising:
- providing a surgical system comprising:
- a surgical tube comprising:
- a body;
- a vision module combined with the body, the vision module comprising:
- a camera mounted at an inner part of a leading end of the surgical tube, the camera having a field of view covering a vicinity of an inner volume of the surgical tube at the leading end;
- and
- a lighting directed towards the field of view;
- and
- a data processing module comprising a data processor configured to process data received from the camera of the vision module;
- receiving image data from the camera of the vision module;
- processing the image data by the data processing module to generate a processed image;
- and
- displaying the processed image on a display.
10 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.