US 12,419,719 B2
Camera apparatus for coordinated operation with surgical tools
Ryan Kellar, Naples, FL (US); James Kitchen, Fort Myers, FL (US); Andrew Melton, Santa Barbara, CA (US); Tzung-Yu Hsu, Taoyuan (TW); Rachel M. Frank, Denver, CO (US); Chad Lavender, Hurricane, WV (US); Benjamin Siegel, Naples, FL (US); Erik Jamison-Ekeling, Lino Lakes, MN (US); Connor Engstrom, Ventura, CA (US); Craig Speier, Santa Barbara, CA (US); and Robert Fergan, Naples, FL (US)
Assigned to Arthrex, Inc., Naples, FL (US)
Filed by Arthrex, Inc., Naples, FL (US)
Filed on Mar. 8, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/599,415.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/451,251, filed on Mar. 10, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0299123 A1, Sep. 12, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 90/00 (2016.01); G06T 1/00 (2006.01); G16H 30/20 (2018.01)
CPC A61B 90/361 (2016.02) [G06T 1/0007 (2013.01); G16H 30/20 (2018.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical imaging system comprising:
at least one camera apparatus comprising:
a camera body comprising an image sensor configured to capture image data in a field of view;
a scope extending along a longitudinal axis and in connection with the camera body;
a camera orientation sensor in connection with the camera apparatus, wherein the camera orientation sensor is configured to detect a camera orientation of the camera apparatus;
a scope orientation sensor configured to detect a scope orientation of the scope relative to the camera body; and
a controller configured to:
monitor the camera orientation and the scope orientation; and
update a rotation of the field of view of the image data in response to a change in the scope orientation relative to the camera orientation.