Patent ID: 11937770
Assignee: CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 14:
15. A method of controlling a surgical system comprising a surgical visualization system, a plurality of surgical instruments, a display, and a surgical hub comprising a processor and a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, wherein the memory stores instructions executable by the processor, wherein the surgical hub is operably coupled to the plurality of surgical instruments and the surgical visualization system, wherein the surgical visualization system, the plurality of surgical instruments, and the surgical hub are positioned in a surgical environment, wherein the surgical visualization system is to image a patient in the surgical environment, and wherein the surgical visualization system is configured to generate imaging data associated with the patient, wherein the method comprises:
providing, with the surgical hub, operable connectivity between components inside and outside of the surgical environment;
receiving, with the surgical hub, the imaging data from the surgical visualization system;
providing, with the surgical hub, data analytics according to the imaging data;
providing, with the surgical hub, decision making information about a surgical procedure associated with the patient based on the imaging data;
identifying, with the surgical hub, a cancer location within the patient based on the imaging data received from the surgical visualization system;
identifying, with the surgical hub, a critical structure within the patient based on the imaging data received from the surgical visualization system;
transmitting, with the surgical hub, a margin signal based on the identified critical structure, wherein the margin signal enables a user to avoid the identified critical structure;
measuring, with the surgical hub, a size of an anatomical structure of the patient based on the imaging data received from the surgical visualization system;
performing, with the surgical hub, data analysis of the imaging data;
identifying, with the surgical hub, information about a surgical instrument of the plurality of surgical instruments;
customizing, with the surgical hub, an operational parameter of a surgical instrument of the plurality of surgical instruments;
providing, with the surgical hub, electrosurgical energy to electrosurgical instruments of the plurality of surgical instrument;
displaying, with the display, a digital representation of the critical structure on the display; and
displaying, with the display, a resection margin around the critical structure, wherein the resection margin is generated based on the margin signal.