Patent ID: 11918180
Assignee: VERB SURGICAL INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  G  H | IPC A  G  H

Claim 19:
20. An apparatus for automatically turning on/off a light source of an endo scope during a surgical procedure in an operating room (OR), the apparatus comprising:
one or more processors; and
a memory coupled to the one or more processors; and
wherein the memory stores a set of instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to control an ON/OFF state of the light source for the endoscope during the surgical procedure by:
receiving real-time video images captured by an endoscope, the endo scope comprises the light source, wherein the real-time video image images are captured by the endo scope while the light source is turned on;
processing the real-time video images to determine whether the endo scope has been inserted into a patient's body or is outside of the patient's body, wherein processing the real-time video images includes detecting a first transitional event of transferring the endoscope from inside of the patient's body to outside of the patient's body, wherein the endoscope is determined to be outside of the patient's body when the first transitional event is detected by a machine-learning classifier; and
in response to determining the endoscope being outside of the patient's body while the light source is turned on, generating a control signal to immediately turn off the light source to the endo scope.