Patent ID: 11896441
Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A measurement system comprising:
at least one physical computing device that
accesses a first image captured from a first vantage point by a first camera included within a stereoscopic endoscope located at a surgical area associated with a patient;
accesses a second image captured from a second vantage point by a second camera included within the stereoscopic endoscope, the second vantage point stereoscopic to the first vantage point;
receives, from a user of the measurement system, user input designating a user-selected two-dimensional (“2D”) endpoint corresponding to a feature within the surgical area as represented in the first image;
identifies, based on the user-selected 2D endpoint, a matched 2D endpoint corresponding to the feature as represented in the second image;
defines, based on the user-selected and matched 2D endpoints, a three-dimensional (“3D”) endpoint corresponding to the feature within the surgical area; and
determines a distance from the 3D endpoint to an additional 3D endpoint corresponding to an additional feature within the surgical area.