US 12,256,890 B2
Systems and methods for guiding surgical procedures
Dwight Meglan, Westwood, MA (US)
Assigned to Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Appl. No. 17/779,146
Filed by Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 18, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/060990
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 24, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/133483, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/952,628, filed on Dec. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0395334 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/593 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06V 20/50 (2022.01)
CPC A61B 1/000096 (2022.02) [A61B 1/00055 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 7/593 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06V 20/50 (2022.01); A61B 2034/2057 (2016.02); G06T 2207/10012 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10068 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06V 2201/034 (2022.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for guiding a surgical procedure, the method comprising:
accessing information relating to a surgical procedure;
accessing at least one image of a surgical site captured by an endoscope during the surgical procedure;
identifying a tool captured in the at least one image by a machine learning system;
determining whether the tool should be moved based on comparing the information relating to the surgical procedure and the tool identified by the machine learning system; and
providing an indication:
when the determining indicates that the tool should be moved; and
when the tool is moving toward a target organ tissue at a speed that is greater than a predetermined speed.