Cooperative Surgical Scopes for Concealed Structure Visualization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing surgical imaging systems struggle to recognize and convey information about concealed structures and dimensions within a three-dimensional space, leading to incomplete views and uncertain decision-making during surgical procedures.
Innovation Solution
A surgical system comprising a first scope device for extraluminal and a second scope device for intraluminal spaces, with a controller to merge images and provide a combined view, including fiducial markers and distance tracking, to enhance visualization and avoid critical structures.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If a single imaging system is used to view the surgical site, then the device complexity is low, but the information completeness and measurement precision are insufficient due to inability to recognize concealed structures and convey three-dimensional spatial information
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple scope devices (first scope device for extraluminal space and second scope device for intraluminal space) into a single surgical system. The controller merges images from both scope devices to create a composite view that displays both luminal and extraluminal anatomical structures simultaneously, thereby improving information completeness without requiring separate imaging systems
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from two-dimensional individual scope views to a three-dimensional composite representation by merging images from multiple scopes positioned at different locations. The controller determines relative distances and spatial relationships between structures, conveying three-dimensional spatial information that enhances the surgeon's understanding of concealed anatomical relationships
2Measurement precision
If multiple scope devices are used to view different scenes, then the information completeness and measurement precision improve, but the device complexity and difficulty of integrating and merging images increase
Solution Approach 1:
The controller receives image data from multiple scope devices and continuously processes this feedback information to determine relative distances between the first and second scope devices. The system uses this distance information to dynamically adjust and merge the images, providing real-time spatial awareness and improving measurement precision of relative positions
Solution Approach 2:
The controller acts as an intermediary that receives images from multiple scope devices, processes the spatial relationships and relative distances, and merges these images into a unified composite view. This intermediary function simplifies the integration process by centralizing the image merging operations and coordinating the multiple scope devices
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AI summary
Surgical systems are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a surgical system includes a first scope device having a first portion within an extraluminal space and a second portion positioned within an intraluminal space. The first scope device transmits image data of a first scene. A second scope device is disposed within the extraluminal space and transmits image data of a second scene. The first portion of the first instrument is present within the field of view of the second scope device to track the first scope device relative to the second scope device. A controller receives the transmitted image data of the first and second scenes, to determine a relative distance from the first scope device to the second scope device within the extraluminal space, and to provide a merged image. At least one of the first and second scope device in the merged image is a representative depiction thereof.