Patent ID: 8392342

Claim:
A method for communicating surgical information, comprising: receiving a first data from a first sensor coupled to a first tool; receiving a second data from a second sensor coupled to a second tool; generating a virtual model of a four-dimensional virtual real-time space, wherein the first tool is mapped in the virtual real-time space in relation to a first vital entity and a second vital entity via the first sensor and based on the first data; applying a first probabilistic model and a second probabilistic model within the four-dimensional virtual real-time space to obtain a third data comprising a prediction of movement of the first tool in each of the four dimensions in relation to the first vital entity and the second vital entity and a prediction score, wherein the prediction score indicates either a severity of a warning or an estimated reliability of the prediction of movement; and outputting the third data to an output device to convey information about the first tool.