IP Library Granted Patent US 11,116,587
Granted Patent B2
US 11,116,587 · App. 16/796,191 · Granted Sep 14, 2021

Timeline overlay on surgical video

Inventors: Tamir Wolf (Palo Alto, CA); Dotan Asselmann (Holon, IL)
Assignee: THEATOR INC.
A61B34/25A61B34/10G06F3/048G16H10/60G16H20/40G16H40/40A61B2034/252A61B2034/256
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Patent No.
US 11,116,587
App. No.
16/796,191
Granted
Sep 14, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods for reviewing surgical videos are disclosed. A system may include at least one processor configured to implement a method including accessing at least one video of a surgical procedure and causing the at least one video to be output for display. The method may include overlaying on the at least one video outputted for display a surgical timeline, wherein the surgical timeline includes markers identifying at least one of a surgical phase, an intraoperative surgical event, and a decision making junction. The method may enable a surgeon, while viewing playback of the at least one video to select one or more markers on the surgical timeline, and thereby cause a display of the video to skip to a location associated with the selected marker.

Claims (35)

1. A computer-implemented method for reviewing surgical video, the method comprising:

accessing at least one video of a surgical procedure;

analyzing the at least one video of the surgical procedure to identify, based on a beginning of a usage of a medical device and a change in a course of action in the surgical procedure, a decision making junction where a decision whether to use a particular surgical technique and remove a tissue was made;

causing the at least one video to be output for display;

overlaying on the at least one video outputted for display a surgical timeline, wherein the surgical timeline includes markers identifying at least one of a surgical phase, an intraoperative surgical event; and

enabling a surgeon, while viewing playback of the at least one video to select one or more markers on the surgical timeline, and thereby cause a display of the video to skip to a location associated with the selected marker, the one or more markers including a decision making junction marker corresponding to the decision making junction where the decision whether to use the particular surgical technique and remove the tissue was made, wherein a selection of the decision making junction marker causes a display of one or more alternative possible decisions related to the selected decision making junction marker.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the markers are coded by a criticality level.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the surgical timeline includes textual information identifying portions of the surgical procedure.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one video includes a compilation of footage from a plurality of surgical procedures, arranged in procedural chronological order, wherein the compilation of footage depicts complications from the plurality of surgical procedures; and wherein the one or more markers are associated with the plurality of surgical procedures and are displayed on a common timeline.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selection of the decision making junction marker enables the surgeon to view two or more alternative video clips from two or more corresponding other surgical procedures; and wherein the two or more video clips present differing conduct.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein one or more estimated outcomes associated with the one or more alternative possible decisions are displayed in conjunction with the display of the one or more alternative possible decisions.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the one or more estimated outcomes are a result of an analysis of a plurality of videos of past surgical procedures including respective past decision making junctions on whether to use the particular surgical technique and remove the tissue.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the analysis is based on one or more electronic medical records associated with the plurality of videos of past surgical procedures.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the respective past decision making junctions are similar to the decision making junction of the surgical procedure according to a similarity metric.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the analysis includes usage of an implementation of a computer vision algorithm.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein information related to a distribution of past decisions made in respective past decision making junctions on whether to use the particular surgical technique and remove the tissue are displayed in conjunction with the display of the alternative possible decisions.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the decision making junction of the surgical procedure is associated with a first patient, and the respective past decision making junctions are selected from past surgical procedures associated with patients with similar characteristics to the first patient.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the decision making junction of the surgical procedure is associated with a first medical professional, and the respective past decision making junctions are selected from past surgical procedures associated with medical professionals with similar characteristics to the first medical professional.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the decision making junction of the surgical procedure is associated with a first prior event in the surgical procedure, and the past decision making junctions are selected from past surgical procedures including prior events similar to the first prior event.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the markers include intraoperative surgical event markers, selection of an intraoperative surgical event marker enables the surgeon to view alternative video clips from differing surgical procedures, and wherein the alternative video clips present differing ways in which a selected intraoperative surgical event was handled.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the overlay on the video output is displayed before the end of the surgical procedure depicted in the displayed video.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein the markers relate to intraoperative surgical events and the selection of an intraoperative surgical event marker enables the surgeon to view alternative video clips from differing surgical procedures.

18. A system for reviewing surgical videos, the system comprising:

at least one processor configured to:

access at least one video of a surgical procedure;

analyze the at least one video of the surgical procedure to identify, based on a beginning of a usage of a medical device and a change in a course of action in the surgical procedure, a decision making junction where a decision whether to use a particular surgical technique and remove a tissue was made;

cause the at least one video to be output for display;

overlay on the at least on video outputted for display a surgical timeline, wherein the surgical timeline includes markers identifying at least one of a surgical phase, an intraoperative surgical event, and a decision making junction; and

enable a surgeon, while viewing playback of the at least one video to select one or more markers on the surgical timeline, and thereby cause a display of the video to skip to a location associated with the selected marker, the one or more markers including a decision making junction marker corresponding to the decision making junction where the decision whether to use the particular surgical technique and remove the tissue was made, wherein a selection of the decision making junction marker causes a display of one or more alternative possible decisions related to the selected decision making junction marker.

19. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to execute operations enabling surgical video review, the operations comprising:

accessing at least one video of a surgical procedure;

analyzing the at least one video of the surgical procedure to identify, based on a beginning of a usage of a medical device and a change in a course of action in the surgical procedure, a decision making junction where a decision whether to use a particular surgical technique and remove a tissue was made;

causing the at least one video to be output for display;

overlaying on the at least on video outputted for display a surgical timeline, wherein the surgical timeline includes markers identifying at least one of a surgical phase, an intraoperative surgical event, and a decision making junction; and

enabling a surgeon, while viewing playback of the at least one video to select one or more markers on the surgical timeline, and thereby cause a display of the video to skip to a location associated with the selected marker, the one or more markers including a decision making junction marker corresponding to the decision making junction where the decision whether to use the particular surgical technique and remove the tissue was made, wherein a selection of the decision making junction marker causes a display of one or more alternative possible decisions related to the selected decision making junction marker.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 10, 2021
From: ASSELMANN, DOLAN
To: THEATOR INC.
Reel/Frame 057136/0169 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 2, 2020
From: WOLF, TAMIR
To: THEATOR INC.
Reel/Frame 051979/0508 →
Continuity (7)
Continuation In Part 16101543 · Aug 13, 2018
Provisional Application 62808500 · Feb 21, 2019
Provisional Application 62808512 · Feb 21, 2019
Provisional Application 62838066 · Apr 24, 2019
Provisional Application 62960466 · Jan 13, 2020
Provisional Application 62967283 · Jan 29, 2020
Related Publication 20200237452A1 · Jul 30, 2020
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