Patent ID: 9084622
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An automated system for debriding a burned portion of skin with a laser, the automated system comprising: an identification system for identifying a boundary outlining the burned portion of the skin to be debrided; a computer vision system having a three-dimensional surface mapping vision system for generating a real-time three-dimensional model of the identified area of the burned portion of the skin inside the boundary; a monitor for displaying the three-dimensional model of the identified area of the burned portion of the skin inside the boundary on a touch screen display; a laser system having a laser head for directing a treatment laser to the identified area of the burned portion of the skin inside the boundary; an input device for entering operating parameters of the laser system; a movable member coupled to the laser head for directing the laser within the area of the burned portion of the skin inside the boundary identified by the identification system and generated by the computer vision system; and a controller configured to control the computer vision system to update the three-dimensional model of the identified area in predetermined intervals and to control the laser system and movable member to automatically debride the identified area based on the updated three-dimensional model of the identified area and the operating parameters of the laser system; wherein the identification system comprises configuring the computer vision system such that a user can circumscribe the boundary outlining the burned portion of the skin on the monitor using the touch screen display; and wherein the controller is further configured to control the computer vision system to continuously update the three-dimensional model with information regarding treated regions of the circumscribed burned portion and a number of passes of the laser head in the treated regions.