US 12,239,387 B2
Surgical methods using fiducial identification and tracking
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US); Jason L. Harris, Lebanon, OH (US); David C. Yates, Morrow, OH (US); Daniel J. Mumaw, Cincinnati, OH (US); and Charles J. Scheib, Loveland, OH (US)
Assigned to Cilag GmbH International, Zug (CH)
Filed by Cilag GmbH International, Zug (SE)
Filed on Oct. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/493,913.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/249,652, filed on Sep. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0095002 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/30 (2016.01); A61B 90/96 (2016.01); A61B 90/98 (2016.01); G06T 5/50 (2006.01); G06T 5/77 (2024.01); G06T 5/80 (2024.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06V 10/10 (2022.01)
CPC A61B 34/20 (2016.02) [A61B 1/000095 (2022.02); A61B 1/042 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 90/30 (2016.02); A61B 90/37 (2016.02); A61B 90/39 (2016.02); A61B 90/96 (2016.02); A61B 90/98 (2016.02); G06T 5/50 (2013.01); G06T 5/77 (2024.01); G06T 5/80 (2024.01); G06T 7/00 (2013.01); G06T 7/0014 (2013.01); G06V 10/10 (2022.01); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2055 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2068 (2016.02); A61B 2034/302 (2016.02); A61B 2090/371 (2016.02); A61B 2090/374 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3762 (2016.02); A61B 2090/378 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3958 (2016.02); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10088 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10132 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30004 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30168 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30204 (2013.01); G06V 2201/034 (2022.01)] 17 Claims
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1. A surgical method, comprising:
gathering, with an imaging device, an image visualizing a fiducial marker on a distal portion of a surgical device located in a body of the patient during performance of a surgical procedure, the fiducial marker storing information associated with the surgical device; and
in real time with the performance of the surgical procedure, analyzing, with a controller, the image to detect the information associated with the surgical device;
wherein the stored information is not static; and
the method further comprising changing, with a second controller of the surgical device, the stored information during the performance of the surgical procedure.