COOPERATIVE UTILIZATION OF DATA DERIVED FROM SECONDARY SOURCES BY INTELLIGENT SURGICAL HUBS
Various surgical hubs are disclosed. A surgical hub is for use with a medical imaging device at a remote surgical site in a surgical procedure. The surgical hub comprises a circuit configured to: receive a livestream of the surgical site from the medical imaging device; capture an image frame of a surgical step of the surgical procedure from the livestream; derive information relevant to the surgical step from data extracted from the image frame; and overlay the information onto the livestream.
1 . A surgical hub, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
receive first data from data sources, wherein the first data is related to a surgical procedure, and the data sources comprise one or more medical imaging devices in communication with the surgical hub;
determine contextual information related to the surgical procedure based on the first data from the data sources; and
provide second data related to particular surgical procedural steps through a display device based on the determined contextual information.
2 . The surgical hub of claim 1 , wherein the first data comprises an angle at which the one or more medical imaging devices are oriented with respect to a visualization of a patient's anatomy.
3 . The surgical hub of claim 1 , wherein the first data comprises a number of the one or more medical imaging devices being utilized.
4 . The surgical hub of claim 1 , wherein the memory further stores instructions executable by the processor to adjust the one or more medical imaging devices based on the contextual information.
5 . The surgical hub of claim 4 , wherein adjusting the one or more medical imaging devices comprises adjusting a field of view of the one or more medical imaging devices.
6 . The surgical hub of claim 1 , wherein the contextual information comprises at least one of a type of the surgical procedure, a type of tissue being operated on during the surgical procedure, a body cavity that is a subject of the surgical procedure, and a particular technique being used for the surgical procedure.
7 . The surgical hub of claim 1 , wherein the memory further stores instructions executable by the processor to provide suggestions during a course of the surgical procedure.
8 . The surgical hub of claim 1 , wherein the data sources comprise a patient monitoring device connected to the surgical hub.
9 . The surgical hub of claim 1 , wherein the data sources comprise one or more modular devices, wherein the one or more modular devices include a first surgical instrument and a second surgical instrument.
10 . The surgical hub of claim 9 , further comprising a surgical instrument controller, wherein the memory further stores instructions executable by the processor to:
track a progression of the surgical procedure;
determine whether a surgical step involving the first surgical instrument is completed;
responsive to determining that the surgical step involving the first surgical instrument is completed, sever a connection between the surgical instrument controller and the first surgical instrument; and
pair the surgical instrument controller with the second surgical instrument.
11 . The surgical hub of claim 1 , wherein the memory further stores instructions executable by the processor to retrieve the second data related to the particular surgical steps from the memory or a cloud.
12 . The surgical hub of claim 1 , wherein the first data comprises a type of staples used during the surgical procedure.
13 . The surgical hub of claim 1 , wherein the first data comprises a sequence in which a surgical instrument is used during the surgical procedure.
14 . A surgical hub, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
receive first data from data sources, wherein the first data is related to a surgical procedure;
determine contextual information related to the surgical procedure based on the first data from the data sources; and
provide second data related to particular surgical procedural steps through a display device based on the determined contextual information,
wherein the data sources comprise one or more modular devices, wherein the one or more modular devices include a first surgical instrument and a second surgical instrument, wherein the surgical hub further comprises a surgical instrument controller, and wherein the memory further stores instructions executable by the processor to:
track a progression of the surgical procedure;
determine whether a surgical step involving the first surgical instrument is completed;
responsive to determining that the surgical step involving the first surgical instrument is completed, sever a connection between the surgical instrument controller and the first surgical instrument; and
pair the surgical instrument controller with the second surgical instrument.
15 . The surgical hub of claim 14 , wherein the data sources further comprise one or more medical imaging devices in communication with the surgical hub.
16 . The surgical hub of claim 15 , wherein the first data comprises an angle at which the one or more medical imaging devices are oriented with respect to a visualization of a patient's anatomy.
17 . The surgical hub of claim 15 , wherein the first data comprises a number of the one or more medical imaging devices being utilized.
18 . The surgical hub of claim 15 , wherein the memory further stores instructions executable by the processor to adjust the one or more medical imaging devices based on the contextual information.
19 . The surgical hub of claim 18 , wherein adjusting the one or more medical imaging devices comprises adjusting a field of view of the one or more medical imaging devices.
20 . The surgical hub of claim 14 , wherein the memory further stores instructions executable by the processor to provide suggestions during a course of the surgical procedure.