Patent ID: 11963683
Assignee: CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A

Claim 7:
8. A surgical visualization system to analyze at least a portion of a surgical field, the system comprising:
one or more processors collectively configured to receive a control parameter and, based on the control parameter, to operate in one of at least of a first mode of operation or a second mode of operation,
wherein in the first mode of operation the processor determines a first metric which represents a present state of moving particles in the at least a portion of a surgical field, and
wherein in the second mode of operation the processor determines the first metric and a second metric, wherein the second metric represents any of an aggregated state of moving particles in the at least a portion of the surgical field and a present state of moving particles in the at least a portion of the surgical field at a selectable tissue depth.