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Granted Patent B2
US 10,908,681 · App. 15/548,906 · Granted Feb 2, 2021

Operating room and surgical site awareness

Inventor: Dwight Meglan (Westwood, MA)
Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
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Patent No.
US 10,908,681
App. No.
15/548,906
Granted
Feb 2, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure is directed to an augmented reality head mounted device worn by a user. The device includes an image capture device configured to capture an image of a surgical environment and a transparent lens configured to display an augmented image based on the image of the surgical environment. An eye tracking module coupled to the transparent lens configured to determine a direction of a gaze of an eye of the user, wherein the direction of the gaze of the eye determined by the eye tracking module is used to manipulate the augmented image.

Claims (46)

1. An augmented reality head mounted device worn by a first user comprising:

an image capture device configured to capture a real time image of a surgical environment from a first point of view of the first user;

a lens configured to display an augmented real time image based on the real time image of the surgical environment; and

an eye tracking module coupled to the lens and configured to determine a direction of a gaze of an eye of the first user,

wherein the eye tracking module is configured to:

manipulate the augmented real time image based on the direction of the gaze of the eye of the first user from the first point of view;

transmit the manipulated augmented real time image to another augmented reality head mounted device worn by a second user; and

receive a manipulated augmented real time image from a direction of a gaze of an eye of the second user from a second point of view of the another augmented reality head mounted device worn by the second user.

2. The augmented reality head mounted device of claim 1 , further comprising a microphone.

3. The augmented reality head mounted device of claim 1 , wherein the image capture device captures a three dimensional image.

4. The augmented reality head mounted device of claim 1 , wherein the augmented real time image includes biometric data of a patient.

5. The augmented reality head mounted device of claim 1 , wherein the augmented real time image includes a highlighted portion, wherein the highlighted portion is determined by the gaze of the eye of the first user.

6. The augmented reality head mounted device of claim 1 , wherein the lens is transparent.

7. The augmented reality head mounted device of claim 1 , wherein the image capture device is mounted to a first side of the lens and a monitor is mounted to a second side of the lens opposite the first side.

8. A surgical system comprising:

a surgical instrument;

a first augmented reality head mounted display configured to be worn by a first user, and a second augmented reality head mounted display configured to be worn by a second user,

wherein the first augmented reality head mounted display includes:

an image capture device configured to capture a real time image of a surgical environment from a first point of view of the first user;

a lens configured to display an augmented real time image based on the real time image of the surgical environment; and

an eye tracking module coupled to the lens and configured to determine a direction of a gaze of an eye of the first user, wherein the eye tracking module of the first augmented reality head mounted display is configured to:

manipulate the augmented real time image based on the direction of the gaze of the eye of the first user;

transmit the manipulated augmented real time image to the second augmented reality head mounted device worn by the second user; and

receive a manipulated augmented image from a second point of view of a second user wearing the second augmented reality head mounted device;

wherein the second augmented reality head mounted display includes:

an image capture device configured to capture a real time image of the surgical environment from the second point of view of the second user;

a lens configured to display the augmented real time image based on the real time image of the surgical environment; and

an eye tracking module coupled to the lens and configured to determine a direction of a gaze of an eye of the second user, wherein the eye tracking module of the second augmented reality head mounted display is configured to:

manipulate the real time augmented image based on the direction of the gaze of the eye of the second user;

transmit the manipulated augmented real time image to the first augmented reality head mounted device worn by the first user; and

receive a manipulated augmented image from the first point of view of the first user wearing the first augmented reality head mounted device; and

a controller configured to:

generate the augmented real time image based on the real time image of the surgical environment by combining the real time image of the surgical environment from the point of view of the first user and the real time image of the surgical environment from the point of view of the second user;

provide a first augmented real time image of the surgical environment to the first augmented reality head mounted display, generated from the augmented real time image, and corresponding to the point of view of the first user; and

provide a second augmented real time image of the surgical environment to the second augmented reality head mounted display, generated from the augmented real time image, and corresponding to the point of view of the second user.

9. The surgical system of claim 8 , wherein the surgical instrument is a robotic surgical instrument.

10. The surgical system of claim 9 , further comprising a surgical console including a robotic controller and a gesture detector.

11. The surgical system of claim 10 , wherein the gesture detector is configured to detect hand movement of the first user and provide a signal indicative of the hand movement to the controller.

12. The surgical system of claim 11 , wherein the first augmented image includes a virtual representation provided by the controller and the controller manipulates the virtual representation based on the signal.

13. The surgical system of claim 12 , wherein the virtual representation is an image of a patient.

14. The surgical system of claim 12 , wherein the virtual representation is a virtual control panel.

15. The surgical system of claim 8 , wherein the eye tracking module of the first augmented reality head mounted display is configured to determine a direction of a gaze of an eye of the first user,

wherein the direction of the gaze of the eye of the first user determined by the eye tracking module of the first augmented reality head mounted display is used to manipulate the first augmented image.

16. The surgical system of claim 15 , wherein the eye tracking module of the second augmented reality head mounted display is configured to determine a direction of a gaze of an eye of the second user,

wherein the direction of the gaze of the eye of the second user determined by the eye tracking module of the second augmented reality head mounted display is used to manipulate the second augmented real time image.

17. The surgical system of claim 16 , wherein the controller receives the direction of the gaze of the eye of the first user from the eye tracking module of the first augmented reality head mounted display, highlights a first portion of the first augmented real time image based on the direction of the gaze of the eye of the first user, and highlights a second portion of the second augmented real time image, wherein the second portion corresponds to the first portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 5, 2018
From: MEGLAN, DWIGHT
To: COVIDIEN LP
Reel/Frame 045442/0332 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62118841 · Feb 20, 2015
Related Publication 20180032130A1 · Feb 1, 2018