Surgical Hub Dynamic Display Control for Laparoscopic Imaging
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Solution Overview
Problem
Surgical imaging systems often fail to recognize and convey concealed structures, physical contours, and dimensions within a three-dimensional space, and are unable to effectively communicate certain information to clinicians during procedures.
Innovation Solution
A surgical hub that receives images from laparoscopic scopes and surgical instruments, determining display control parameters such as user orientation, surgical context, and detected abnormalities to adjust display content on primary and secondary displays, including user preference settings, contactless control parameters, and progression of the surgical procedure.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If traditional imaging systems are used, then the system is simple and easy to operate, but concealed structures, physical contours, and dimensions within three-dimensional space cannot be recognized and conveyed
Solution Approach 1:
The surgical display system is divided into multiple displays (primary display and secondary display) with different functions. The primary display shows real-time surgical images, while the secondary display provides preoperative images, anatomical information, and surgical navigation data. This segmentation allows each display to specialize in conveying specific types of information, improving overall information conveyance without requiring a single complex system to handle all data types.
Solution Approach 2:
A surgical hub acts as an intermediary device that receives images from the surgical scope, processes them, and distributes appropriate content to different displays. The hub also integrates data from surgical instruments and navigation systems, acting as a central coordinator that bridges multiple data sources and display devices, thereby enabling comprehensive information conveyance without direct complexity at the display level.
2Loss of information
If multiple displays are used to show different surgical information, then information conveyance is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The surgical hub serves multiple functions: it processes images from the surgical scope, integrates data from surgical instruments, provides navigation information, and controls content distribution to both primary and secondary displays. This multi-functionality consolidates complexity into a single central device rather than requiring each display to be independently complex, thereby improving information conveyance while managing system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts display content based on real-time surgical context, user preferences, and procedural progression. The surgical hub can prioritize different information sources and adjust display parameters during the procedure, allowing the system to adapt to changing surgical needs. This dynamic content selection improves relevant information conveyance while the automated adaptation reduces the need for manual system complexity management.
3Loss of information
If display content is customized based on user preferences and surgical context, then information relevance is improved, but control complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The surgical hub automatically adjusts display content based on preconfigured user preferences and detected surgical context without requiring manual intervention. The system self-adapts by monitoring surgical progression, instrument usage, and procedural phase to automatically prioritize and display relevant information. This self-service capability improves information relevance while eliminating the complexity of manual control adjustments.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where user preferences and surgical context continuously influence display content selection. The surgical hub monitors surgical progression and adjusts display priorities based on real-time feedback from the surgical environment. This feedback loop ensures high information relevance while the automated feedback processing avoids the complexity of manual control adjustments.
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AI summary
A surgical hub may have cooperative interactions with one of more means of displaying the image from the laparoscopic scope and information from one of more other smart devices. The surgical hub may have the capacity of interacting with these multiple displays using an algorithm or control program that enables the combined display and control of the data distributed across the number of displays in communication with the surgical hub. The hub can obtain display control parameter(s) associated with a surgical procedure. The hub may determine, based on the display control parameter, different contents for different displays. The hub may generate and send the display contents to their respective displays. For example, the visualization control parameter may be a progression of the surgical procedure. The surgical hub may determine different display contents for the primary and the secondary displays based on the progression of the surgical procedure.