Automated Image Guidance System for Ophthalmic Surgery
Summary
The USPTO granted Patent US12599498B2 to Alcon Inc. covering an automated image guidance system for ophthalmic surgery. The system automatically initializes image-guided surgery by detecting a user's eye in captured images, initiating a registration procedure, and generating overlay content for presentation via a second imaging device. The patent contains 20 claims.
What changed
The USPTO issued a patent grant to Alcon Inc. for an automated image-guided ophthalmic surgery system. The invention covers a computer-implemented method where the system monitors a scene using multiple images from a first imaging device, detects the user's eye, initiates a registration procedure between the captured image and a reference image, and generates overlay content for presentation via a second imaging device.
Medical device manufacturers and surgical equipment developers should be aware of this patent grant when developing or marketing image-guided surgery systems in the ophthalmic field. The patent may create licensing requirements or necessitate design modifications to avoid potential infringement claims related to automated eye detection and registration procedures in surgical navigation systems.
What to do next
- Monitor for potential licensing or infringement implications if developing similar image-guided surgical systems
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Automated image guidance for ophthalmic surgery
Grant US12599498B2 Kind: B2 Apr 14, 2026
Assignee
ALCON INC.
Inventors
Tobias Jura Rapoport
Abstract
In certain embodiments, an ophthalmic system and computer-implemented method for automatically initializing an image guided surgery are described. The initialization includes monitoring a scene using multiple images captured by a first imaging device. An eye of a user is detected within a first image of the multiple images. In response to detecting the eye of the user, a registration procedure is initiated with the first image and a reference image of the eye of the user to generate a set of transformation information. A set of overlay content is generated based on the set of transformation information. The set of overlay content includes a transformed first image or a transformed reference image. Overlay content is presented onto the scene via a second imaging device.
CPC Classifications
A61F 9/007 A61F 9/00736 A61B 3/14 A61B 90/20 A61B 2034/2065 A61B 2090/365 A61B 3/13 A61B 3/0058 G06F 3/013 G06V 20/52 G06V 40/193 H04N 5/265 G06T 2207/10056 G06T 2207/30041 G06T 7/33 G06N 20/00
Filing Date
2023-09-07
Application No.
18463121
Claims
20
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