ADJUSTMENT OF A SURGICAL DEVICE FUNCTION BASED ON SITUATIONAL AWARENESS

Patent №

US 11,612,444

Granted

2023-03-28

Filed 2018

Owner

ETHICON LLC

Lab

AI components

3

speech · planning · hardware

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

16182256

Surgical devices and surgical systems are disclosed. The surgical device can comprise an actuator and a control circuit configured to adjust one or more functions of the surgical device based on a signal from a situationally-aware surgical hub. A surgical system can comprise a screen and a control circuit configured to communicate a priority level of a recommendation to the clinician on the display.

SpeechPlanningAI hardwareA61B 34/25A61B 18/1206A61B 18/1445A61B 34/35G01N 15/06G16H 20/40G16H 40/63A61B 34/30+24 more

AI classification

Planning0.86
AI hardware0.65
Speech0.64
Knowledge representation0.09
Machine learning0.08
Evolutionary computation0.04
Vision0.04
Natural language0.00

Ownership

ETHICON LLC

assignment · 478560529

Assignors

SHELTON, FREDERICK E., IV, HARRIS, JASON L., YATES, DAVID C.

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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