US 12,453,606 B2
Optical assembly for use in an object handling station
Alessandro Caprara, Isola della Scala (IT)
Assigned to STEELCO S.P.A., Riese Pio X (IT)
Appl. No. 18/256,112
Filed by STEELCO S.P.A., Riese Pio X (IT)
PCT Filed Dec. 6, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IT2021/050393
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 6, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/123609, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 16, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 102020000030098 (IT), filed on Dec. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0074814 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/50 (2016.01); A61B 90/96 (2016.01); A61B 90/98 (2016.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01)
CPC A61B 34/20 (2016.02) [A61B 90/361 (2016.02); A61B 90/96 (2016.02); A61B 90/98 (2016.02); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2057 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2065 (2016.02); A61B 2090/365 (2016.02); A61B 2090/502 (2016.02)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wearable augmented reality optical assembly for use in a center for washing and sterilization of objects for the recognition, by means of computer vision techniques, of said objects, comprising electromagnetic acquisition means configured to detect at least images and/or identification codes of objects, a processor configured to perform image and data processing algorithms and also to generate visual content and a viewing device capable of reproducing said visual content to make them visually available to an operator, wherein said processor comprises a program for managing and tracking objects adapted to recognize said object and provide the operator with indications for the recomposition of kits or specialized groups of objects, that is surgical kits,
wherein said images and data relating to said objects are images and information concerning the objects, the composition of the surgical kits, the washing and sterilization procedures, the organization and management of equipment of the sterilization center, including one or more of: the size of an object, the surgical kit in which an object is to be placed, the position and arrangement within the surgical kit, said identification code, the history of the sterilization procedures to which it has been subjected, and indications relating to procedures to be performed,
wherein said program is configured to compile checklists related to the composition of surgical kits.