Method of configuring devices in an operating theater

• US 10,269,454 B2
• Filed: 12/29/2015
• Issued: 04/23/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Stryker Corporation
• Original Assignee: Stryker Corporation
• Inventors: Hanning, Steven Michael, Paramasivan, Ramanan, Bailey, Brian D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Boutah, Alina A
• Application Number:
  US14/982,636
• Publication Number:
  US 20160196400A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,211 Days
• Field of Search: 713100
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

A method of configuring an operating room including providing a storage system having system preferences, providing an operating room communicator, connecting at least one configurable device to the operating room communicator, obtaining the system preferences from the storage system, and configuring settings of the at least one configurable device according to the system preferences. The system preferences can be obtained without logging into the storage system. The system preferences can also be obtained when a surgeon comes into proximity with the operating room communicator without actively interacting with the operating room communicator.

Claims

1. A method of configuring an operating room comprising:

providing a cloud storage system having system preferences;

providing the cloud storage system with an index of surgeons;

associating each of the system preferences with at least one surgeon in the index of surgeons;

providing an operating room communicator;

connecting at least one configurable device to the operating room communicator;

obtaining the system preferences from the cloud storage system; and

automatically configuring settings of the at least one configurable device according to the system preferences;

wherein the system preferences are obtained without logging into the cloud storage system.

2. The method of configuring the operating room of claim 1, further including:

altering the settings of the at least one configurable device; and

saving the altered settings as a new version of the system preferences in the cloud storage system.

3. The method of configuring the operating room of claim 1, wherein:

the index of surgeons includes a list of American Medical Association surgeon identification numbers and each one of the American Medical Association surgeon identification numbers has the system preferences associated therewith.

4. The method of configuring the operating room of claim 1, wherein:

the index of surgeons includes a list of surgeons'"'"' names and each one of the surgeons'"'"' names has the system preferences associated therewith.

5. The method of configuring the operating room of claim 1, further including:

providing an instruction system; and

instructing the operating room communicator to obtain the system preferences with the instruction system.

6. The method of configuring the operating room of claim 5, wherein:

the instruction system comprises a vision system that recognizes a visual cue in the operating room to thereby instruct the operating room communicator to obtain the system preferences when the vision system recognizes the visual cue.

7. The method of configuring the operating room of claim 6, wherein:

the visual cue is a bar code in the operating room.

8. The method of configuring the operating room of claim 6, wherein:

the visual cue is a surgeon in the operating room.

9. A method of configuring an operating room comprising:

providing a cloud storage system having an index of surgeons and system preferences, with each of the system preferences being associated with at least one surgeon in the index of surgeons;

providing an operating room communicator connected to a network communicating with the cloud storage system;

connecting at least one configurable device to the operating room communicator;

obtaining the system preferences associated with a particular surgeon listed in the index of surgeons from the cloud storage system; and

automatically configuring settings of the at least one configurable device according to the system preferences associated with the particular surgeon;

wherein the system preferences associated with the particular surgeon can be obtained without logging into the cloud storage system.

10. The method of configuring the operating room of claim 9, further including:

altering the settings of the at least one configurable device; and

saving the altered settings as a new version of the system preferences.

11. The method of configuring the operating room of claim 9, wherein:

the index of surgeons includes a list of American Medical Association surgeon identification numbers and each one of the American Medical Association surgeon identification numbers has the system preferences associated therewith.

12. The method of configuring the operating room of claim 9, wherein:

the index of surgeons includes a list of surgeons'"'"' names and each one of the surgeons'"'"' names has the system preferences associated therewith.

13. A method of configuring configurable devices in operating rooms in two separate facilities, the method comprising:

providing a cloud storage system having system preferences, the cloud storage system not being located at the separate facilities;

providing the cloud storage system with an index of surgeons;

associating each of the system preferences with at least one surgeon in the index of surgeons;

providing an operating room communicator for at least one operating room in each of the separate facilities;

communicating between at least one configurable device and each operating room communicator in the operating room in each of the separate facilities;

obtaining the system preferences from the cloud storage system; and

configuring settings of the at least one configurable device in the operating room in each of the separate facilities according to the system preferences;

wherein the system preferences are obtained without logging into the cloud storage system; and

wherein one of the system preferences can be used to configure the at least one configurable device in the operating room in each of the separate facilities.

14. The method of configuring configurable devices in operating rooms in two separate facilities of claim 13, further including:

altering the settings of the at least one configurable device; and

saving the altered settings as a new version of the system preferences in the cloud storage system.

15. The method of configuring configurable devices in operating rooms in two separate facilities of claim 13, wherein:

the index of surgeons includes a list of American Medical Association surgeon identification numbers and each one of the American Medical Association surgeon identification numbers has the system preferences associated therewith.

16. The method of configuring configurable devices in operating rooms in two separate facilities of claim 13, wherein:

the index of surgeons includes a list of surgeons'"'"' names and each one of the surgeons'"'"' names has the system preferences associated therewith.