Patent ID: 11886772
Assignee: ASENSUS SURGICAL EUROPE SàRL
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC A  G

Claim 10:
11. The vocally activated control system of claim 10, wherein at least one of the following:
a. said at least one location estimator comprises (a) at least one element selected from a group consisting of optical imaging means, radio frequency transmitting and receiving means, at least one mark on said at least one surgical tool and any combination thereof; and, (b) at least one surgical instrument spatial location software configured to estimate said 3D spatial position of said at least one surgical tool by means of said element;
b. said at least one location estimator is an interface subsystem between a surgeon and the at least one surgical tool, the interface subsystem comprises:
i. at least one array comprising N regular or pattern light sources, where N is a positive integer;
ii. at least one array comprising M cameras, each of the M cameras, where M is a positive integer;
iii. optional optical markers and means for attaching the optical marker to the at least one surgical tool; and;
iv. a computerized algorithm operable via the controller, the computerized algorithm configured to record images received by each camera of each of the M cameras and to calculate therefrom the position of each of the tools, and further configured to provide automatically the results of the calculation to the human operator of the interface.