Surgical guidance system based on a pre-coded surgical procedural map
US9922172B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 24, 2017 |
| Grant date | Mar 20, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 24, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG16H50/50
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In some embodiments, surgical data structure is accessed that includes a plurality of nodes (relating to a plurality of discrete procedural states for a surgical procedure and being associated with procedural metadata) connected by a plurality of edges. Each edge can be associated with a procedural action causing a state transition. A new node can be generated based on an identification of a new procedural state. A first and second node from the plurality of nodes can be identified, to which the new node is to be connected. Edges can be generated to connect the new node to the first and second nodes.
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