Patent ID: 8411034
Filing Date: 2013-04-02
Classification: A61B,G06F,G09G

Abstract:
1. A sterile networked interface system comprising a hand-held surgical tool used within a sterile field during surgery, the surgical tool comprising: a data processing system including a display, the data processing system located outside the sterile field and wirelessly coupled to the surgical tool for receiving the physical variable and orientation information reported from and related to the hand-held surgical tool during the surgery; and a touchless interface comprising: where the touchless interface creates a touchless sensing space in front of the sensing unit with dimensions mapped to the display; and where the touchless interface communicates the physical variable from the hand-held surgical tool to the data processing system for presentation of an image related to the physical feature in the display, responsive to a touchless gesture control detected within the touchless sensing space and a predetermined orientation of the surgical tool.