Patent Document ID: 20120004557
Application ID: 12855864
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A minimally invasive surgical system comprising: (i) a camera wherein the camera captures a first acquired component image, and a second acquired component image different from the first acquired component image; (ii) a controller, connected to the camera, wherein the controller generates a first visible color component of a limited bandwidth image including the first acquired component image; wherein the controller generates a second visible color component of the limited bandwidth image including the first acquired component image, and adds the second acquired component image to the second visible color component of the limited bandwidth image so that the second visible color component of the limited bandwidth image includes both the first acquired component image and the second acquired component image; wherein the controller generates a third visible color component of the limited bandwidth image including the first acquired component image; and further wherein the limited bandwidth image does not include an acquired visible color component image resulting from one visible color component of white light; and (iii) a display, connected to the controller to receive the first, second and third components of the limited bandwidth image, wherein the display shows an image including the limited bandwidth image, and wherein a portion of the image including the second acquired component image is highlighted relative to portions of the image not including the second acquired component image.