Systems and methods for detection and illumination of regions of interest

• Main Authors: Hallack, Jason D, Geerlings, Kurtis L, VanVuuren, Mark A, Schut, Jeremy A, Miller, Jordan, Nelson, Heidi, Lintz, Joshua D, Hamlin, Bradley R, Tonar, William L, Falb, David M, Veenman, Steven J
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 04.06.2024
• Subjects: BLASTING; CALCULATING; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DIAGNOSIS; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMSTHEREOF; HEATING; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL; INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21Sand F21V, RELATING TO USESOR APPLICATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS; LIGHTING; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHERARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; SURGERY; WEAPONS

An illumination system for a lighting assembly comprises a light assembly configured to selectively illuminate an operating region in a surgical suite and a plurality of light sources positioned within the light assembly and configured to emit light. The system further comprises at least one imager configured to capture image data and a controller. The controller is configured to scan the image data in at least one region of interest for a shaded region and identify a location of the shaded region within the region of interest. The controller is further configured to control the light assembly to activate at least one of the light sources to emit light impinging on the shaded region within the region of interest.