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INTEGRATED SURGERY METHOD

  • US 20130211421A1
  • Filed: 12/27/2012
  • Published: 08/15/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for conducting a medical procedure in an operating room, comprising:

  • a. using a first camera-based 3-D motion sensor mounted in a known position and orientation relative to a global coordinate system of the operating room to generate signals related to the 3-D position of a procedure object in the operating room based upon an outer shape of the procedure object relative to the first camera-based 3-D motion sensor; and

    b. automatically monitoring progress of the medical procedure with a controller based at least in part upon one or more positions of the procedure object relative to time as compared with a predetermined operational plan for moving the procedure object over time, the one or more positions based at least in part upon the signals from the first camera-based 3-D motion sensor.

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