IP Library Granted Patent US 12,059,124
Granted Patent B2
US 12,059,124 · App. 17/218,885 · Granted Aug 13, 2024

Surgical hub spatial awareness to determine devices in operating theater

Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV (Hillsboro, OH); David C. Yates (Morrow, OH); Jason L. Harris (Lebanon, OH); Daniel E. Alesi (Lebanon, OH)
Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
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Patent No.
US 12,059,124
App. No.
17/218,885
Granted
Aug 13, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A surgical hub is disclosed. The surgical hub includes a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to receive first image data from a first image sensor, the first image data represents a first field of view, receive second image data from a second image sensor, wherein the second image data represents a second field of view, and display, on a display coupled to the processor, a first image rendered from the first image data corresponding to the first field of view and a second image rendered from the second image data corresponding to the second field of view.

Claims (39)

1. A surgical hub for use with a surgical instrument configured to deliver therapeutic energy to tissue at a surgical site of a surgical procedure, wherein the surgical hub comprises:

a hub enclosure comprising a plurality of docking stations;

a plurality of modular devices removably retainable in the docking stations;

a hub display communicatively coupled to the modular devices and configured to provide a graphical user interface to control at least one of the modular devices, wherein the plurality of modular devices share the hub display for displaying; and

a controller communicatively coupled to the modular devices and the hub display, wherein the controller is configured to display an image received from at least one of the modular devices on the hub display, wherein the image comprises an image of a surgical site,

wherein the plurality of modular devices comprise a generator configured to generate therapeutic energy for treating a tissue,

wherein the plurality of modular devices comprise a first modular device and a second modular device,

wherein the hub display is configured to display a hybrid combination of first data from the first modular device and second data from the second modular device,

wherein the first data is the image of the surgical site generated by the first modular device, wherein the first modular device comprises a medical imaging device, and

wherein, in the hub display, the second data overlays on top of the image of the surgical site,

wherein the image of the surgical site displayed by the controller on the hub display comprises:

a first window showing a magnified or exploded narrow angle view of the surgical site; and

a second window showing a wide angle view of the surgical site shown in the first window, which allows a viewer to see items that are out of the magnified or exploded narrow angle view without having to move the medical imaging device.

2. The surgical hub of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the modular devices is in wireless communication with another modular device among the plurality of modular devices.

3. The surgical hub of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the modular devices is in wired communication with another modular device among the plurality of modular devices.

4. The surgical hub of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of modular devices further comprise a suction/irrigation device.

5. The surgical hub of claim 1 , wherein the second data is surgical data from a surgical stapler.

6. The surgical hub of claim 1 , wherein the hub display comprises a global display portion configured to provide a view of the surgical site through a medical imaging device and a local instrument display portion configured to provide at least a portion of an image displayed on a local display in one of the modular devices.

7. The surgical hub of claim 1 , wherein the hub display further comprises a modular device setting display portion configured to display settings of at least one of the modular devices.

8. The surgical hub of claim 1 , wherein the hub display is configured to display feedback data measured by at least one of the modular devices during a surgical procedure.

9. The surgical hub of claim 8 , wherein the feedback data comprises at least one of a position of a moveable jaw, a thickness of a clamped tissue, a clamping force on the clamped tissue, a position of a firing component, a velocity of the firing component, and a force of the firing component.

10. The surgical hub of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of modular devices further comprise a smoke evacuator configured to evacuate smoke and fluid generated by an application of the therapeutic energy to the tissue.

11. The surgical hub of claim 10 , wherein the smoke evacuator includes a fluid line that conveys the smoke and the fluid away from a surgical site.

12. A surgical hub for use with a surgical instrument configured to deliver therapeutic energy to tissue at a surgical site of a surgical procedure, wherein the surgical hub comprises:

a hub enclosure comprising a plurality of docking stations;

a plurality of modular devices removably retainable in the docking stations;

a hub display communicatively coupled to the modular devices and configured to provide a graphical user interface to control the modular devices, wherein the plurality of modular devices share the hub display for displaying; and

a controller communicatively coupled to the modular devices and the hub display, wherein the controller is configured to display an image received from at least one of the modular devices on the hub display, wherein the image comprises an image of a surgical site,

wherein the plurality of modular devices comprise:

a generator configured to generate therapeutic energy for treating a tissue; and

a smoke evacuator configured to evacuate smoke and fluid generated by an application of the therapeutic energy to the tissue,

wherein the hub display is configured to display a hybrid combination of first data from a first modular device and second data from a second modular device,

wherein the first data is the image of the surgical site generated by a medical imaging device, and

wherein, in the hub display, the second data overlays on top of the image of the surgical site,

wherein the image of the surgical site displayed by the controller on the hub display comprises:

a first window showing a magnified or exploded narrow angle view of the surgical site; and

a second window showing a wide angle view of the surgical site shown in the first window, which allows a viewer to see items that are out of the magnified or exploded narrow angle view without having to move the medical imaging device.

13. The surgical hub of claim 12 , wherein the second data is surgical data from a surgical stapler.

14. The surgical hub of claim 12 , wherein the hub display is configured to display feedback data measured by at least one of the modular devices during a surgical procedure, wherein the feedback data comprises at least one of a position of a moveable jaw, a thickness of a clamped tissue, a clamping force on the clamped tissue, a position of a firing component, a velocity of the firing component, and a force of the firing component.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 27, 2021
From: ETHICON LLC
To: CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL
Reel/Frame 056601/0339 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 21, 2021
From: SHELTON, FREDERICK E., IV; YATES, DAVID C.; HARRIS, JASON L.; ALESI, DANIEL E.
To: ETHICON LLC
Reel/Frame 055985/0888 →
Continuity (6)
Continuation 15940671 · Mar 29, 2018
Provisional Application 62649309 · Mar 28, 2018
Provisional Application 62611341 · Dec 28, 2017
Provisional Application 62611340 · Dec 28, 2017
Provisional Application 62611339 · Dec 28, 2017
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