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US 2026/0124017 A1Published application
Waveband-selective imaging systems and methods
AssigneeIntuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
InventorsJeffrey M. DiCarlo, Ian E. McDowall, Jonathan M. Sorger
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Abstract
An illustrative surgical system may access a plurality of images captured outside a structure within a patient; detect a difference between spectral reflectances of scenes captured in the plurality of images; and identify, based on the detected difference between the spectral reflectances of the scenes captured in the plurality of images, pixels in at least one of the plurality of images that correspond to structure tissue of the structure.
Claims20
A surgical system comprising:
- an illuminator configured to selectively provide first illumination in a first waveband or second illumination in a second waveband more narrow than the first waveband;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- cause, while operating in a first mode,
- the illuminator to illuminate a scene with the first illumination,
- an image capture system to capture a first set of one or more images based on the first illumination reflecting from tissue within the scene, and
- a display unit to display the first set of one or more images;
- obtain a signal;
- switch, based on the obtaining the signal, from operating in the first mode to operating in a second mode;
- and
- cause, while operating in the second mode,
- the illuminator to illuminate the scene with the second illumination instead of with the first illumination,
- the image capture system to capture a second set of one or more images based on the second illumination reflecting from tissue within the scene, and
- the display unit to display the second set of one or more images.
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A surgical system comprising:
- an illuminator configured to selectively provide first illumination in a first waveband or second illumination in a second waveband more narrow than the first waveband;
- a controller configured to:
- cause, while operating in a first mode,
- the illuminator to illuminate a scene with the first illumination,
- an image capture system to capture a first set of one or more images based on the first illumination reflecting from tissue within the scene, and
- a display unit to display the first set of one or more images;
- switch from operating in the first mode to operating in a second mode;
- and
- cause, while operating in the second mode,
- the illuminator to illuminate the scene with the second illumination instead of with the first illumination,
- the image capture system to capture a second set of one or more images based on the second illumination reflecting from tissue within the scene, and
- the display unit to display the second set of one or more images;
- and
- a manipulator arm, wherein an endoscope implementing the image capture system is mounted on the manipulator arm.
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A method comprising:
- causing, by one or more processors of a surgical system while operating in a first mode,
- an illuminator to illuminate a scene with first illumination in a first waveband,
- an image capture system to capture a first set of one or more images based on the first illumination reflecting from tissue within the scene, and
- a display unit to display the first set of one or more images;
- obtaining a signal;
- switching, based on the obtaining the signal, from operating in the first mode to operating in a second mode;
- and
- causing, while operating in the second mode,
- the illuminator to illuminate the scene with a second illumination instead of with the first illumination, the second illumination in a second waveband more narrow than the first waveband,
- the image capture system to capture a second set of one or more images based on the second illumination reflecting from tissue within the scene, and
- the display unit to display the second set of one or more images.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.