Patent ID: 11896441
Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A

Claim 14:
15. A measurement system comprising:
a stereoscopic endoscope configured to be located at a surgical area associated with a patient, the stereoscopic endoscope including
a first camera configured to capture a first image from a first vantage point, and
a second camera configured to capture a second image from a second vantage point that is stereoscopic to the first vantage point;

a display screen configured to display the first image;
a user interface associated with the display screen and allowing a user of the measurement system to designate, from a display of the first image on the display screen, a user-selected two-dimensional (“2D”) endpoint corresponding to a feature within the surgical area as represented in the first image; and
at least one physical computing device communicatively coupled to the stereoscopic endoscope, the display screen, and the user interface, and configured to
identify, based on the user-selected 2D endpoint, a matched 2D endpoint corresponding to the feature as represented in the second image,
define, based on the user-selected and matched 2D endpoints, a three-dimensional (“3D”) endpoint corresponding to the feature within the surgical area, and
determine a distance from the 3D endpoint to an additional 3D endpoint corresponding to an additional feature within the surgical area.