Document Type
Patent
Publication Date
August 2013
Patent Number
8504136
Abstract
This invention is in the domain of minimally invasive surgery and is a method and apparatus that transforms and displays images of internal organs and tissues taken from internally located imaging devices on external skin. The image displayed on the skin aligns with the actual physical location, orientation, and size of the internal organs and tissues in a way that viewers have the perception that the skin is transparent. This method and apparatus enables surgeons to have the same hand-eye coordination as in an open surgery during a minimally invasive surgery.
Application Number
12/899,076
Recommended Citation
Sun, Yu; Gitlin, Richard D.; Anderson, Adam; Rosemurgy, Alexander; and Ross, Sharona, "See-through abdomen display for minimally invasive surgery" (2013). USF Patents. 233.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_patents/233
Assignees
University of South Florida
Filing Date
10/06/2010
Primary/U.S. Class
600/407
