US Patent

US11712320 — Methods and systems to automate surgical interventions

Formulation · Assigned to Stryker Corp · Expires 2039-07-14 · 13y remaining

Vulnerability score 50/100 Moderate — design-around opportunities exist

What this patent protects

This patent protects a surgical system that automatically enhances video images of a surgical site and controls recording based on certain conditions or events.

USPTO Abstract

A surgical system for providing an improved video image of a surgical site including a system controller that receives and processes video images to determine a video signature corresponding to a condition that interferes with a quality of the video images, with the system controller interacting with a video enhancer to enhance the video images from a video capturing device to automatically control the video enhancer to enhance the video images. The surgical system can also review the video images for a trigger event and automatically begin or stop recording of the video images upon occurrence of the trigger event.

Drugs covered by this patent

Patent Metadata

Patent number
US11712320
Jurisdiction
US
Classification
Formulation
Expires
2039-07-14
Drug substance claim
No
Drug product claim
Yes
Assignee
Stryker Corp
Source
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