Patent ID: 11969258
Assignee: BRITESEED, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 9:
10. A method of adapting a light intensity, comprising:
emitting light at the working end of the surgical instrument, the light emitted at a first intensity;
sensing light at the working end of the surgical instrument at an array of light sensors comprising at least one row of light sensors;
generating a signal comprising a non-pulsatile component with a magnitude for each individual light sensor in the at least one row of light sensors;
determining the magnitudes of the non-pulsatile components at the individual light sensors in the at least one row of light sensors;
determining if the non-pulsatile component transitions from a higher magnitude to a lower magnitude and from a lower magnitude to a higher magnitude; and
if the non-pulsatile component transitions from a higher magnitude to a lower magnitude and from a lower magnitude to a higher magnitude, determining if the first intensity should be changed to a second intensity and changing to the second intensity, if so determined.