US 12,131,818 B2
Systems and methods for providing surgical guidance
Bogdan Mitrea, Canton, MA (US); Chibueze Nwaiwu, Boston, MA (US); Alyson Dechert, Boston, MA (US); Peter Kim, Boston, MA (US); and Tina P. Chen, Cambridge, MA (US)
Assigned to ACTIV Surgical, Inc., Boston, MA (US)
Filed by Activ Surgical, Inc., Boston, MA (US)
Filed on May 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/323,623.
Application 18/323,623 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2021/061854, filed on Dec. 3, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/121,802, filed on Dec. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0136045 A1, Apr. 25, 2024
Prior Publication US 2024/0233906 A9, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 34/10 (2016.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); G16H 20/40 (2018.01); G16H 30/40 (2018.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC G16H 20/40 (2018.01) [A61B 34/10 (2016.02); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); G16H 30/40 (2018.01); A61B 2034/107 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2065 (2016.02); A61B 2090/365 (2016.02)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical guidance system comprising:
an image processing module configured to,
(i) receive image or video data obtained using one or more image and/or video acquisition modules; and
(ii) generate one or more medical predictions or assessments based on,
(a) the image or video data or physiological data associated with the image or video data; and
(b) one or more training data sets including medical data associated with one or more reference surgical procedures, wherein the one or more training data sets include anatomical and physiological data obtained using a plurality of imaging modalities, wherein the one or more training data sets include medical data obtained using the plurality of imaging modalities that enable direct objective correlation between physiologic images or videos and corresponding red-green-blue (RGB) images or videos, wherein the plurality of imaging modalities include depth imaging, distance mapping, intraoperative cholangiograms, angiograms, ductograms, ureterograms, or lymphangiograms; and
a visualization module configured to provide a surgical operator with an enhanced view of a surgical scene, based on the one or more training data sets.