US 11,937,783 B2
Systems and methods for intraoperative surgical scope cleaning
Jared Coffeen, Hollister, CA (US); Theodore Leclere, San Francisco, CA (US); and Eric Huynh, San Ramon, CA (US)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on May 28, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/886,590.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/854,165, filed on May 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0375444 A1, Dec. 3, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/015 (2006.01); A61B 1/12 (2006.01); A61M 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/015 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00006 (2013.01); A61B 1/00009 (2013.01); A61B 1/00055 (2013.01); A61B 1/00091 (2013.01); A61B 1/00128 (2013.01); A61B 1/0014 (2013.01); A61B 1/126 (2013.01); A61M 13/003 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for cleaning a surgical scope of an endoscopic imager, the system comprising:
a fluid delivery apparatus comprising at least one controller and a value valve system for controlling supply of one or more fluids to a surgical scope cleaner fluidly connected to the fluid delivery apparatus; and
an image processing system communicatively connected to the fluid delivery apparatus, the image processing system comprising one or more processors programmed to:
receive one or more images of a surgical field generated by the endoscopic imager,
detect a deposit on a lens of the surgical scope by analyzing the one or more images,
in response to detecting the deposit on the lens of the surgical scope, provide a notification to a user that a deposit on the lens has been detected,
receive, from the user, a response to the notification confirming that the user desires cleaning of the surgical scope, and
in response to receiving the response to the notification confirming that the user desires cleaning of the surgical scope, send a command to the controller of the fluid delivery apparatus instructing the fluid delivery apparatus to provide one or more fluids to the surgical field for cleaning the surgical scope,
wherein the controller of the fluid delivery apparatus is configured to, in response to receiving the command from the image processing system, automatically control a cleaning sequence for cleaning the surgical scope.