Surgical Imaging Documentation Automation Across Procedure Phases
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Solution Overview
Problem
The documentation of surgical procedures using modern surgical imaging devices is largely manual, leading to spurious documentation and high cognitive load on surgeons due to numerous imaging options and settings, often resulting in suboptimal or omitted documentation.
Innovation Solution
A surgical imaging system that automatically executes a predefined set of documentation actions, including multiple imaging modes, angles, and focal planes, reducing the need for surgeon intervention and enhancing comprehensive documentation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple imaging modes and settings are provided to enable comprehensive documentation, then documentation completeness is improved, but device complexity and cognitive load increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the documentation process into distinct phases (preoperative, intraoperative, postoperative) with predefined imaging protocols for each phase. This segmentation allows comprehensive documentation without requiring the surgeon to manage all imaging options simultaneously, reducing cognitive load while maintaining completeness.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically changes imaging parameters (imaging mode, magnification, field of view) based on the surgical phase and detected surgical events. This eliminates the need for surgeons to manually adjust multiple settings, reducing the perceived complexity while maintaining comprehensive documentation capabilities.
2Adaptability or versatility
If manual documentation process is used to allow surgeon control, then flexibility is improved, but cognitive load and time consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-service by automatically selecting and executing appropriate imaging protocols based on the surgical phase and detected events. The surgeon simply needs to trigger documentation at phase transitions, and the system handles all subsequent imaging decisions, maintaining flexibility while dramatically reducing effort.
Solution Approach 2:
The system prepares predefined imaging protocols in advance for each surgical phase. When a surgeon indicates a phase transition, the corresponding protocol is automatically executed without requiring the surgeon to configure settings during the procedure, reducing cognitive load while maintaining adaptability.
3Loss of information
If comprehensive imaging documentation is captured to ensure thorough recording, then information completeness is improved, but data management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments surgical documentation into distinct phases with phase-specific imaging requirements. This segmentation allows the system to manage large volumes of imaging data by organizing them chronologically and functionally, reducing data management complexity while ensuring all critical information is captured.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses a universal data structure and storage format that can accommodate multiple imaging modes and phases. This multi-functional approach simplifies data management by providing a consistent framework for handling diverse imaging data, reducing complexity while maintaining information completeness.
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AI summary
Examples relate to a system for a surgical imaging system, to a method for a surgical imaging system, a corresponding computer program, and to a surgical imaging system. A system (110) for a surgical imaging system (100) is configured to obtain a trigger for executing a set of documentation actions for documenting a surgical site (10) of a surgical procedure being performed with the help of the surgical imaging system, execute the set of documentation actions in response to the trigger, the set of documentation actions comprising a plurality of actions to be performed for documenting the surgical procedure, and store a result of the execution of the set of documentation actions.