Patents by Inventor Colin Willson

Colin Willson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20250037849
    Abstract: A method includes, at a first time: accessing a first image of a surgical field during a surgical operation; and identifying a first quantity of unused units of a first consumable type in the first image. The method also includes, at a second time: accessing a second image of the surgical field; and identifying a second quantity of unused units of the first consumable type in the second image. The method also includes: predicting a total consumption quantity of the first consumable type during the surgical operation based on a difference between the first quantity and the second quantity; and, in response to the second quantity falling below the total consumption quantity, rendering a prompt on a display, adjacent to an exit of the operating room, to retrieve a set of units of the first consumable type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Nathaniel C. R. Smith, Derek Amanatullah, Colin Willson, Mohammad Haghighat, Navid Fallahinia, Noah Davis, Isaac Yerrington, Negash Asegde, Justin Bowen, J.D. Zamfirescu
  • Publication number: 20230172683
    Abstract: A method includes accessing a three-dimensional representation of a surgical space and based on the three-dimensional representation, for each object in a first constellation of objects: extracting a first location of the object; detecting a first object type of the object; deriving a first surgical status of the object; calculating a first ranking score of the object based on the first object type and the first surgical status; and storing the first location, the first object type, the first surgical status, and the first ranking score in an object container in a set of object containers. The method also includes selecting a first target object at a first time based on a first target ranking score; articulating a mobile camera to locate a first target location of the first target object; and deriving a trajectory of the first target object based on the set of object containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Nathaniel Smith, Derek Amanatullah, Mark Nicholson, John Mauriello, Noah Davis, Colin Willson, Alison Rivas