Cooperative utilization of data derived from secondary sources by intelligent surgical hubs

Abstract

Various surgical hubs are disclosed. A surgical hub is for use with a medical imaging device at a remote surgical site in a surgical procedure. The surgical hub comprises a circuit configured to: receive a livestream of the surgical site from the medical imaging device; capture an image frame of a surgical step of the surgical procedure from the livestream; derive information relevant to the surgical step from data extracted from the image frame; and overlay the information onto the livestream.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A surgical hub, comprising:
 a processor; and   a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:   receive first data from data sources, wherein the first data is related to a surgical procedure, and the data sources comprise one or more medical imaging devices in communication with the surgical hub;   determine contextual information related to the surgical procedure based on the first data from the data sources; and   provide second data related to particular surgical procedural steps through a display device based on the determined contextual information.   
     
     
         2 . The surgical hub of  claim 1 , wherein the first data comprises an angle at which the one or more medical imaging devices are oriented with respect to a visualization of a patient's anatomy. 
     
     
         3 . The surgical hub of  claim 1 , wherein the first data comprises a number of the one or more medical imaging devices being utilized. 
     
     
         4 . The surgical hub of  claim 1 , wherein the memory further stores instructions executable by the processor to adjust the one or more medical imaging devices based on the contextual information. 
     
     
         5 . The surgical hub of  claim 4 , wherein adjusting the one or more medical imaging devices comprises adjusting a field of view of the one or more medical imaging devices. 
     
     
         6 . The surgical hub of  claim 1 , wherein the contextual information comprises at least one of a type of the surgical procedure, a type of tissue being operated on during the surgical procedure, a body cavity that is a subject of the surgical procedure, and a particular technique being used for the surgical procedure. 
     
     
         7 . The surgical hub of  claim 1 , wherein the memory further stores instructions executable by the processor to provide suggestions during a course of the surgical procedure. 
     
     
         8 . The surgical hub of  claim 1 , wherein the data sources comprise a patient monitoring device connected to the surgical hub. 
     
     
         9 . The surgical hub of  claim 1 , wherein the data sources comprise one or more modular devices, wherein the one or more modular devices include a first surgical instrument and a second surgical instrument. 
     
     
         10 . The surgical hub of  claim 9 , further comprising a surgical instrument controller, wherein the memory further stores instructions executable by the processor to:
 track a progression of the surgical procedure;   determine whether a surgical step involving the first surgical instrument is completed;   responsive to determining that the surgical step involving the first surgical instrument is completed, sever a connection between the surgical instrument controller and the first surgical instrument; and   pair the surgical instrument controller with the second surgical instrument.   
     
     
         11 . The surgical hub of  claim 1 , wherein the memory further stores instructions executable by the processor to retrieve the second data related to the particular surgical steps from the memory or a cloud. 
     
     
         12 . The surgical hub of  claim 1 , wherein the first data comprises a type of staples used during the surgical procedure. 
     
     
         13 . The surgical hub of  claim 1 , wherein the first data comprises a sequence in which a surgical instrument is used during the surgical procedure. 
     
     
         14 . A surgical hub, comprising:
 a processor; and   a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
 receive first data from data sources, wherein the first data is related to a surgical procedure; 
 determine contextual information related to the surgical procedure based on the first data from the data sources; and 
 provide second data related to particular surgical procedural steps through a display device based on the determined contextual information, 
 wherein the data sources comprise one or more modular devices, wherein the one or more modular devices include a first surgical instrument and a second surgical instrument, wherein the surgical hub further comprises a surgical instrument controller, and wherein the memory further stores instructions executable by the processor to:
 track a progression of the surgical procedure; 
 
 determine whether a surgical step involving the first surgical instrument is completed; 
 responsive to determining that the surgical step involving the first surgical instrument is completed, sever a connection between the surgical instrument controller and the first surgical instrument; and 
 pair the surgical instrument controller with the second surgical instrument. 
   
     
     
         15 . The surgical hub of  claim 14 , wherein the data sources further comprise one or more medical imaging devices in communication with the surgical hub. 
     
     
         16 . The surgical hub of  claim 15 , wherein the first data comprises an angle at which the one or more medical imaging devices are oriented with respect to a visualization of a patient's anatomy. 
     
     
         17 . The surgical hub of  claim 15 , wherein the first data comprises a number of the one or more medical imaging devices being utilized. 
     
     
         18 . The surgical hub of  claim 15 , wherein the memory further stores instructions executable by the processor to adjust the one or more medical imaging devices based on the contextual information. 
     
     
         19 . The surgical hub of  claim 18 , wherein adjusting the one or more medical imaging devices comprises adjusting a field of view of the one or more medical imaging devices. 
     
     
         20 . The surgical hub of  claim 14 , wherein the memory further stores instructions executable by the processor to provide suggestions during a course of the surgical procedure.