Patent ID: 11957421
Assignee: CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A system, comprising:
a first surgical instrument configured to be inserted into a first portion of a body cavity and to deploy a first portion of a surgical implant within the body cavity of a patient;
a second surgical instrument configured to be inserted into a second portion of the body cavity and to deploy a second portion of the surgical implant within the body cavity, the second portion of the body cavity being different than the first portion;
a first flexible endoscope having a first image sensor, the first flexible endoscope being positioned such that the second surgical instrument is not within a field of view of the first image sensor;
a second flexible endoscope having a second image sensor, the second flexible endoscope being positioned such that the first surgical instrument is not within a field of view of the second image sensor; and
a controller configured to receive images gathered by each of the first and second image sensors, to determine a first location of the first surgical instrument and a second location of the second surgical instrument relative to one another, to determine properties of the tissue walls within the first and second portions of the first body cavity, and to determine a placement location of the first and second portions of the surgical implant based on the properties of the tissue walls;
wherein the first portion of the surgical implant includes a first electromagnetic tracker configured to provide data regarding the first portion of the implant to the controller;
the second portion of the surgical implant includes a second electromagnetic tracker configured to provide data regarding the second portion of the implant to the controller; and
the determined placement location of the first and second portions of the surgical implant is based at least on the received data regarding the first and second portions of the implant.