Patent ID: 11911003
Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 14:
15. A surgical system comprising:
a camera; wherein the camera comprises: a sensor assembly comprising a first image capture sensor and a second image capture sensor, the first image sensor configured to capture the visible color frame, the second image sensor configured to capture the plurality of hyperspectral frames; and a lens assembly common to the first image capture sensor and the second image capture sensor; and
a controller configured to command the camera to capture a visible color frame and a plurality of hyperspectral frames, the plurality of hyperspectral frames captured from a plurality of different camera locations and at a same waveband, the controller further configured to create a composite hyperspectral frame from the plurality of hyperspectral frames and to associate the composite hyperspectral frame with the visible color frame.