Patent ID: 11877721
Assignee: AASENSUS SURGICAL EUROPE S.à.R.L.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A surgical system comprising:
at least two laparoscopic instruments having distal portions positionable in a body cavity, the distal portions maneuverable within a body cavity during a surgical procedure;
an endoscopic camera carried by an automated arm, the camera positionable in the body cavity to capture images of a surgical site and the distal portions of the laparoscopic instruments;
a display configured to display images captured by the endoscopic camera; and
at least one computerized platform configured for
receiving first input from a user indicating a user selection of a first selected one of the laparoscopic instruments to be tracked by automatic movement of the endoscopic camera;
in response to said first input,
displaying a graphic designator as an overlay on said displayed images of the surgical site in a position overlaying an image of the first selected one of said laparoscopic instruments, and
tracking movement of said first selected laparoscopic instrument using image information received from said endoscopic camera and, in response to movement of said first selected laparoscopic instrument, maneuvering said endoscopic camera using the automated arm so as to maintain focus of said endoscopic camera on said first selected laparoscopic instrument during movement of said at least two laparoscopic instruments in the body cavity;

receiving second input from a user indicating a user selection of a second selected one of the laparoscopic instruments to be tracked by automatic movement of the endoscopic camera;
in response to said second input,
displaying a graphic designator as an overlay on said displayed images of the surgical site in a position overlaying an image of the second selected one of said laparoscopic instruments; and
tracking movement of said second selected laparoscopic instrument using image information received from said endoscopic camera and, in response to movement of said second selected laparoscopic instrument, maneuvering said endoscopic camera using the automated arm so as to maintain focus of said endoscopic camera on said second selected laparoscopic instrument during movement of said at least two laparoscopic instruments in the body cavity.