Surgical data system and control

ChangeBridge: Patent Grants - Health Informatics (G16H)

Published March 31st, 2026

Detected March 31st, 2026

Summary

The USPTO granted Patent US12592312B2 to Cilag GmbH International covering a surgical data system that processes multiple data streams during surgical events. The system selects primary and secondary data streams via surgical data interfaces and generates situational data indicating medical decision-making factors. The patent contains 18 claims with G16H classifications for health informatics.

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The USPTO issued Patent US12592312B2 to assignee Cilag GmbH International for a surgical data processing system. The patent describes a device with a processor configured to receive multiple data streams during surgery, select primary and secondary data streams based on surgical data interfaces, identify those interfaces, and generate situational data indicating medical decision-making factors. The patent includes 18 claims and extensive CPC classifications spanning G16H (health informatics), A61B (surgery), G06F (computing), and G06N (machine learning). Filing date was July 23, 2021, under application number 17384337.

This patent grant does not impose compliance obligations on third parties. Competitors developing surgical data systems should review the claims to assess potential infringement risks and licensing needs. Healthcare technology companies and medical device manufacturers should monitor this IP for freedom-to-operate considerations in their product development. The patent's emphasis on real-time surgical data processing and AI/ML components (G06N 20/00) indicates protected technology in the surgical data analytics space.

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Surgical data system and control

Grant US12592312B2 Kind: B2 Mar 31, 2026

Assignee

Cilag GmbH International

Inventors

Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Kevin Fiebig

Abstract

A device to process data associated with a surgical event of a surgery may include a processor. The processor may be configured to receive multiple data streams during the surgical event. The processor may be configured to select a primary data stream based on a surgical data interface via which the primary data stream is received. The processor may be configured to select a secondary data stream based on a surgical data interface via which the second data stream is received. The processor may be configured to identify the surgical data interfaces. The processor may be configured to generate situational data associated with the primary data stream based on the secondary data stream. The situational data may indicate a medical decision-making factor of the surgical event. The primary data stream and the situational data may be sent during the surgical event.

CPC Classifications

G16H 40/20 G16H 10/60 G16H 15/00 G16H 20/40 G16H 30/40 G16H 40/40 G16H 40/63 G16H 40/67 G16H 50/20 G16H 50/70 G16H 30/20 A61B 8/06 A61B 17/00 A61B 18/1206 A61B 34/10 A61B 34/20 A61B 34/25 A61B 34/30 A61B 34/32 A61B 90/08 A61B 90/37 A61B 2017/00221 A61B 2018/007 A61B 2018/00994 A61B 2034/2072 A61B 2034/254 A61B 2090/364 A61B 2090/365 A61B 2090/373 G05B 13/0265 G06F 3/14 G06F 3/1423 G06F 3/167 G06F 9/4881 G06F 9/542 G06F 13/4068 G06F 16/211 G06F 16/284 G06F 16/285 G06F 21/6245 G06F 40/169 G06N 20/00 G06Q 10/30 G06T 11/60 G08B 5/22 G10L 15/22 G10L 2015/223 H04L 1/22 H04L 41/12 H04L 65/80 H04L 67/12 H04L 67/125 H04N 5/272 H04N 7/15 H02J 7/0063