US 12,064,293 B2
Field programmable surgical visualization system
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, New Vienna, OH (US); and Kevin M. Fiebig, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Assigned to Cilag GmbH International, Zug (CH)
Filed by Cilag GmbH International, Zug (CH)
Filed on Oct. 2, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/062,523.
Prior Publication US 2022/0104908 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 90/30 (2016.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01)
CPC A61B 90/30 (2016.02) [A61B 1/00 (2013.01); A61B 90/37 (2016.02); G16H 40/67 (2018.01)] 16 Claims
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1. A surgical visualization system to analyze at least a portion of a surgical field, the system comprising:
a laser-light illumination source configured to illuminate the at least the portion of the surgical field with laser-light;
a light sensor configured to receive reflected laser-light information;
a field programmable gate array comprising configurable logic elements, wherein the field programmable gate array is configured to transform reflected laser-light information to moving particle information in the at least the portion of the surgical field;
a display configured to display an output that represents the moving particle information in the at least the portion of the surgical field; and
a processor configured to:
determine to operate in a first mode;
based on the determination to operate in the first mode, apply a first transform to the field programmable gate array, wherein the first transform configures the reflected laser-light information to be transformed into real time moving particle information, and wherein the real time moving particle information is the output displayed;
receive an input;
based on the received input, determine to operate in a second mode;
based on the determination to operate in the second mode, apply a second transform to the field programmable gate array, wherein the second transform configures the laser-light information to be transformed into aggregated moving particle information, and wherein the aggregated moving particle information is the output displayed; and
monitor the field programmable gate array for an idle time and configure the field programmable gate array according to the second mode during the idle time.