Method and system for qualifying a surgical clip applier
US9600880B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 12, 2015 |
| Grant date | Mar 21, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 4, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/10056
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method and system for qualifying a surgical clip applier with surgical clips are proposed. After successive firing operations of the surgical clip applier, an image capture unit captures sampling images associated respectively with angularly equidistant radial recesses in a rotatable clip-receiving disk for receiving anything fired from the surgical clip applier. Upon determining that each sampling image contains an individual target image portion showing a single fired surgical clip, a processing unit verifies the qualification of the surgical clip applier based on a predetermined specification and characteristic parameters obtained respectively from the individual target image portions and associated respectively with the surgical clips, which are received respectively in the radial recesses.
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