Patent ID: 9486290
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: A45D,A61B,G06T

Claim Text:
1. A method for modifying a parameter of operation of an apparatus for use in an at least partially automated procedure comprising a plurality of repetitive events, the method comprising: generating a real-time image of a patient body surface where an image-guided apparatus comprising a tool is used to perform an at least partially automated procedure, the at least partially automated procedure comprising a plurality of repetitive events occurring too fast for a user to discern whether a criterion associated with the at least partially automated procedure is met; generating at least two historic snapshots of the patient body surface based on the real-time image, the at least two historic snapshots allowing to identify whether the criterion associated with the at least partially automated procedure on the patient body surface is met, wherein the timing of the at least two historic snapshots is automatically controlled by a processor such that a first of the at least two historic snapshots comprises an image acquired at a first moment in time after the tool of the image-guided apparatus has penetrated the patient body surface during occurrence of an event of the plurality of repetitive events, and a second of the at least two historic snapshots comprises an image acquired at a second moment in time associated with substantial completion of the event; and without interrupting the at least partially automated procedure, modifying at least one parameter of operation of the apparatus for a subsequent event of the plurality of the events if the criterion associated with the at least partially automated procedure is not met for the event, as identified from the at least two historic snapshots of the event.