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Granted Patent B2
US 12,201,385 · App. 17/816,703 · Granted Jan 21, 2025

User interface for a system used to determine tissue or artifact characteristics

Inventors: Jonathan Gunn (Chicago, IL); Hariharan Subramanian (Mundelein, IL); Steve McPhilliamy (Chicago, IL)
Assignee: Briteseed, LLC
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Patent No.
US 12,201,385
App. No.
17/816,703
Granted
Jan 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A surgical system includes a shaft having a distal end and a proximal end, the proximal end including a grip, a sensor attached to the distal end of the shaft, at least one visual indicator disposed at the distal end of the shaft, and a controller coupled to the sensor and the at least one visual indicator, the controller actuating the at least one visual indicator according to a signal received from the sensor.

Claims (29)

1. A surgical system comprising:

a shaft having a distal end and a proximal end, the distal end having first and second jaws attached thereto and the proximal end including a grip,

a first plurality of line segments is disposed on one or both of the first and second jaws;

a sensor attached to the distal end of the shaft;

at least one visual indicator disposed spaced from the first and second jaws, a second plurality of line segments disposed over the at least one visual indicator, at least one of the line segments of the second plurality of line segments having a one-to-one correspondence to at least one of the line segments of the first plurality of line segments; and

a controller coupled to the sensor and the at least one visual indicator, the controller configured to actuate a portion of the at least one visual indicator according to a signal received from the sensor, the portion of the at least one visual indicator representing a location of a vessel between the first and second jaws attached to the distal end of the shaft.

2. The surgical system according to claim 1 , the sensor attached to the distal end of the shaft by being disposed on at least one of the first and second jaws.

3. The surgical system according to claim 2 , wherein the sensor comprises a light sensor and a light emitter, the light emitter disposed on at least one of the first and second jaws.

4. The surgical system according to claim 3 , wherein the light emitter is attached to the first jaw and the light sensor is attached to the second jaw.

5. The surgical system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one visual indicator is integral with the shaft.

6. The surgical system according to claim 5 , wherein the at least one visual indicator is integral with a portion of the distal end of the shaft spaced from the first and second jaws.

7. The surgical system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one visual indicator comprises at least one light emitting element.

8. The surgical system according to claim 7 , wherein the at least one visual indicator comprises an array of light emitting elements.

9. The surgical system according to claim 8 , wherein individual elements of the array are continuous.

10. The surgical system according to claim 8 , wherein individual elements of the array are not contiguous.

11. The surgical system according to claim 10 , further comprising spacers disposed between the individual elements of the array.

12. The surgical system according to claim 8 , wherein individual elements of the array provide light of different colors.

13. The surgical system according to claim 8 , wherein the portion of the at least one visual indicator comprises at least one of the light emitting elements of the array of light emitting elements.

14. The surgical system according to claim 1 , wherein the grip is defined along a length of the shaft.

15. The surgical system according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second jaws each have a length, and the line segments of the first plurality of line segments are transverse to the length of a respective one of the one or both of the first and second jaws.

16. The surgical system according to claim 15 , wherein the line segments are of varying transverse length.

17. The surgical system according to claim 16 , wherein the line segments are in a repeating pattern of varying transverse lengths.

18. The surgical system according to claim 15 , wherein alphanumeric indicia is associated with the line segments.

19. The surgical system according to claim 1 , wherein:

the first and second jaws each have a length, and the line segments of the first plurality of line segments are transverse to the length of a respective one of the one or both of the first and second jaws,

the at least one visual indicator has a length, and the line segments of the second plurality of line segments are transverse to the length of the at least one visual indicator, and

the line segments of the second plurality of line segments have a one-to-one correspondence to the line segments of the first plurality of line segments.

20. The surgical system according to claim 19 , wherein:

the line segments of the first plurality of line segments and the second plurality of line segments are both in a repeating pattern of varying transverse lengths, and alphanumeric indicia is associated with the line segments.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 3, 2022
From: INSIGHT PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT, LLC
To: BRITESEED, LLC
Reel/Frame 060709/0965 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 3, 2022
From: MCPHILLIAMY, STEVE
To: INSIGHT PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT, LLC
Reel/Frame 060710/0132 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 3, 2022
From: GUNN, JONATHAN; SUBRAMANIAN, HARIHARAN
To: BRITESEED, LLC
Reel/Frame 060710/0291 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 15698844 · Sep 8, 2017
Continuation In Part 14383173
Provisional Application 62384841 · Sep 8, 2016
Provisional Application 61607335 · Mar 6, 2012
Related Publication 20220361965A1 · Nov 17, 2022
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