Systems and methods are provided for a surgical needle counting device for an operating room. An example system includes a collecting enclosure and a counting apparatus having a sensor configured for determining when a needle is dropped into the collecting enclosure. The counting apparatus is configured to maintain a count of needles introduced into a surgical field associated with the operating room and a count of needles accounted for in the counting apparatus.

A surgical system includes a surgical assist robot including a robot main body and a slave controller, and a console. The robot main body has an entry guide, an entry guide support device, and at least one manipulator having an end effector provided at a distal end. The entry guide includes an inner cylinder, an outer cylinder into which the inner cylinder is inserted in an insertion axial direction, and a guide advancing device that displaces the inner cylinder in the insertion axial direction with respect to the outer cylinder. While a position and a posture of the end effector that has advanced from the entry guide are maintained, the inner cylinder is caused to advance toward the end effector within a predetermined movable range along the insertion axial direction with respect to the outer cylinder.

The present invention relates to robotic device positioning. By extending the robotic arm into the surgical field, a system is provided that automatically aligns an instrument following a plan, e.g., surgical plan, using only instrument tracking feedback. No tracking markers on the robot are required.

Apparatus and methods are described including a robotic unit configured to move the tool through six degrees-of-freedom, and a control component that comprises at least one control-component arm configured to be moved by a user, The control-component arm includes three rotary encoders, each of the three rotary encoders coupled to a respective joint and configured to detect movement of the respective joint and to generate rotary-encoder data indicative of an XYZ location of a tip of the control-component tool, in response thereto, and an inertial measurement unit comprising at least one of a three-axis accelerometer, a three-axis gyroscope, and a three-axis magnetometer, the inertial measurement unit being configured to generate inertial-measurement-unit data indicative of an orientation of the tip of control-component tool. Other applications are also described.

An electronic device includes a processor configured to generate a position movement prediction field indicating prediction of a potential positional change of a branch path by a patient's biological activity for one or more branch paths based on a blood vessel image of a reference frame, correct guidewire information extracted from a blood vessel image of a target frame with respect to a catheter position of the reference frame, and select a branch path to dispose the guidewire information, among one or more branch paths of a blood vessel region based on the position movement prediction field and the corrected guidewire information; and a display configured to visualize the guidewire information on the selected branch path.

A dental microscope includes a microscope unit, an adjustable support arm, and a display unit. The microscope unit includes a body part, at least one eyepiece that is disposed on the body part, and an objective lens disposed on a bottom end of the body part. The adjustable support arm has a first end connected to the microscope unit and a second end opposite to the first end. The adjustable support arm is adjustable in a segment-by-segment manner to move the second end relative to the first end. The display unit is connected to the second end of the adjustable support arm and is in signal communication with the microscope unit for displaying a captured image obtained by the microscope unit.

A computer-implemented method for clinical workspace simulation includes capturing a real-world environment by an imaging device of an augmented reality headset and generating a composite view by rendering a first virtual object relative to a surgical table in the real-world environment. Captured real-world environment and the rendered first virtual object are combined in the composite view, which is displayed on a display of the augmented reality headset worn by a user.

A system according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure includes an imaging source; an imaging detector; a depth sensor; and a controller, where the controller receives image information from the depth sensor, determines a gesture in relation to a working volume, and moves the imaging source and the imaging detector relative to the working volume based on the gesture.

A surgical robot system including: at least one slave manipulator for handling a surgical instrument within a body of a patient; and a control console, including: at least one master operating unit configured to be manually operated by an operating person to at least control the at least one slave manipulator; a display for displaying information; and at least one switch configured to: couple the at least one master operating unit with the at least one slave manipulator; decouple the at least one master operating unit from the at least one slave manipulator, and when the at least one master operating unit is decoupled from the at least one slave manipulator, couple the at least one master operating unit with the display.

A computing system may identify a surgical instrument for a surgical procedure in an operating room (OR). The computing system may detect a control input by a health care professional (HCP) to control the surgical instrument. The computing system may determine the HCP's access control level associated with the surgical instrument. The computing system may determine whether the HCP has an authorization to control the surgical instrument. If the computing system determines that HCP is unauthorized to control the surgical instrument based on the access control level associated with the HCP, the computing system may block the control input by the HCP. If the computing system determines that the HCP is authorized to control the surgical instrument based on the access control level associated with the HCP, the computing system may effectuate the control input by the HCP to control the surgical instrument.