Surgical assistance system

1. A surgical assistance system comprising:

a group of devices having:

an endomicroscope configured to capture cellular-level image data of an operating field;

a microscope device configured to capture overview image data of the operating field; and

a first transmitter configured to transmit at least one of the cellular-level image data and the overview image data;

a first receiver configured to receive functional control data for control of the group of devices;

a pathology unit comprising:

a second receiver configured to receive the at least one of the cellular-level image data and the overview image data from the first transmitter;

a display unit configured to display the at least one of the cellular-level image data and the overview image data;

an input device configured to receive one or more inputs for entering the functional control data; and

a second transmitter configured to transmit the functional control data to the first receiver for control of the group of devices, the functional control data including the instructions, data, or information; and

a data connection between the pathology unit and the group of devices by way of which the first transmitter and the first receiver of the group of devices are connected to the second receiver and the second transmitter of the pathology unit.

2. The surgical assistance system of claim 1 , further comprising a stand with actuators configured to perform at least one of positioning and orienting at least one of the microscope device and the endomicroscope, and the functional control data includes at least one of positioning and orientation control data for at least one of the microscope device and the endomicroscope.

3. The surgical assistance system of claim 1 , wherein the microscopic device is a surgical microscope including at least one observation beam path configured to depict an observation image.

4. The surgical assistance system of claim 3 , wherein the microscopic device further includes a display configured to superimpose instructions, data, or information into the observation beam path.

5. The surgical assistance system of claim 3 , further comprising a focusing unit assigned to the surgical microscope, and the functional control data includes focusing control data.

6. The surgical assistance system of claim 3 , further comprising a magnification adjustment unit assigned to the surgical microscope, and the functional control data includes magnification adjustment data.

7. The surgical assistance system of claim 3 , wherein the surgical microscope comprises at least one of a light source and a dichroic filter configured to generate fluorescence stimulation in the operating field, and the functional control data includes control data configured to control the at least one of the light source and the dichroic filter for generating fluorescence stimulation.

8. The surgical assistance system of claim 3 , wherein the surgical microscope comprises a dichroic filter and the functional control data includes control data configured to control the dichroic filter.

9. The surgical assistance system of claim 3 , wherein the surgical microscope comprises a laser-Doppler imaging unit and a unit for laser speckle interferometry and an image capture device comprising a hyperspectral sensor and the functional control data includes control data for at least one of controlling the laser-Doppler imaging unit, control data configured to control the unit for laser speckle interferometry and control data configured to control the image capture device.

10. The surgical assistance system of claim 1 , further comprising an image processing module configured to determine position data and orientation data of the endomicroscope based on at least one image captured by the microscope device and containing a distal end of the endomicroscope.

11. The surgical assistance system of claim 10 , wherein:

the group of devices comprises at least one surgical treatment device, and position and orientation of at least one part of the surgical treatment device is determined by the image processing module,

motor-driven stand configured to position and orient at least one part of the surgical treatment device, and

the functional control data includes positioning and orientation control data for positioning and orientating the motor-driven stand.

12. The surgical assistance system of claim 11 , wherein the surgical treatment device is a surgical suction device having a suction tip forming the at least one part of the surgical treatment device whose position and orientation are captured.

13. The surgical assistance system of claim 1 , wherein the pathology unit comprises:

a diagnostic database that contains a number of stored diagnoses and a number of stored image data and in which each of the number of stored diagnoses is associated with at least one characteristic piece of image data for the respective diagnosis out of the number of stored image data, and

a computer configured to extract certain image information out of at least one of the cellular-level image data received and the overview image data received, and to receive the stored image information and the associated stored diagnoses, and which, on the basis of a comparison between the extracted image information and the stored image information received, is configured to select a diagnosis and display said diagnosis as a suggested diagnosis on the display unit.