US Patent 11937783 Systems and methods for intraoperative surgical scope cleaning

A system for cleaning a surgical scope of an endoscopic imager includes a control system communicatively connected to an apparatus for supplying fluids to a surgical scope cleaner, the control system configured to receive one or more images of a surgical field generated by the endoscopic imager, detect a deposit on a lens of the surgical scope by analyzing the one or more images, and send a command to the apparatus to provide one or more fluids to the surgical field for cleaning the surgical scope.