Method and System for Extracting Surgical Duration Using Machine Learning

The EPO granted patent EP3895176A1 to Verb Surgical Inc. for a machine learning-based method and system that extracts actual surgical duration from total operating room time during surgical procedures. The patent covers AI/ML algorithms applied to surgical data, classified under IPC category G06N (AI/machine learning) with medical device applications (A61B). This represents a new intellectual property grant in the surgical technology space.

For medical device manufacturers and surgical technology companies, this patent establishes IP rights that may affect product development strategies in surgical AI and operating room analytics. Companies developing similar ML-based surgical duration extraction systems should review this patent for potential licensing requirements or design-around considerations.