Method and system for control of an electromechanical medical device

• US 10,332,628 B2
• Filed: 09/30/2016
• Issued: 06/25/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP SE
• Inventors: Chkoundali, Wissem, Rothinger, Nico, Mueller, Markus, Grigo, Jonathan, Mietke, Sebastian
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Adam
• Application Number:
  US15/281,128
• Publication Number:
  US 20180096108A1
• Time in Patent Office: 998 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/0426 Programming the control sequence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/13023 Convert natural language, graphic to coded states, input
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/23272 Natural language, use simple words like move, rotate
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/2652 Medical scanner
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/36231 Translate, convert machine independent to machine dependent program
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

A method comprises receiving by a control system a sequence of symbols, translating the received sequence of symbols into a batch of commands parsable by an electronic controller of the electromechanical medical device, sending the batch of commands from the control system to the electromechanical device, and causing by the electronic controller the electromechanical medical device to execute the batch of commands on the electromechanical medical device.

Claims

1. A control method for controlling an electromechanical medical device, the method comprising:

receiving, by a control system, a sequence of symbols;

translating, by the control system, the received sequence of symbols into a batch of commands parsable by an electronic controller of the electromechanical medical device;

sending, by the control system, the batch of commands from the control system to the electromechanical medical device; and

controlling, by the electronic controller, the electromechanical medical device to perform an electromechanical medical operation by causing the electromechanical medical device to execute the batch of commands on the electromechanical medical device, the electromechanical medical device performing the electromechanical medical operation on a medical patient,

wherein the translating of the received sequence of symbols is executed using one dictionary among a set of dictionaries, wherein each of the dictionaries in the set of dictionaries has a respective batch of commands parsable by the electronic controller of the electromechanical medical device and respective first sets of symbols corresponding to the respective batch of commands parsable by the electronic controller of the electromechanical medical device for controlling the electromechanical medical device, and

wherein the translating of the received sequence of symbols includes,

identifying the set of dictionaries, wherein each first set of symbols of any dictionary of the set of dictionaries comprises a respective symbol being comprised in the received sequence of symbols,

identifying for each of the dictionaries of the set of dictionaries a respective fragment of the received sequence of symbols comprising one symbol of each of the first sets of symbols of the each of the dictionaries, starting with the symbol comprised in one of the first sets of symbols of the each of the dictionaries, and ending with the symbol comprised in another one of the first sets of symbols of the each of the dictionaries,

selecting the identified fragment of the received sequence of symbols having the least number of symbols among the identified fragments of the received sequence of symbols, and

selecting the one dictionary among the set of dictionaries corresponding to the selected identified fragment of the received sequence of symbols,

wherein the batch of commands of the selected dictionary is the one generated in the translating of the received sequence of symbols into the batch of commands parsable by the electronic controller of the electromechanical medical device, and

wherein the electromechanical medical device is one of a syringe, a perfusion tool, a magnetic resonance imaging scanner, or an X-Ray tool.

2. The control method of claim 1, wherein the identifying for each of the dictionaries of the set of dictionaries of the respective fragment of the received sequence of symbols comprising one symbol of each of the first sets of symbols of the each of the dictionaries, starting with the symbol comprised in one of the first sets of symbols of the each of the dictionaries, and ending with the symbol comprised in another one of the first sets of symbols the each of the dictionaries;

selecting the identified fragment of the received sequence of symbols having the least number of symbols among the identified fragments of the received sequence of symbols;

the selecting of the identified fragment of the received sequence of symbols having the least number of symbols among the identified fragments of the received sequence of symbols; and

the selecting of the dictionary corresponding to the selected identified fragment of the received sequence of symbols is executed when the set of dictionaries comprises more than one of the dictionaries,

wherein the translating of the received sequence of symbols into the batch of commands parsable by the electronic controller of the electromechanical medical device comprises;

selecting the dictionary corresponding to the dictionary comprised in the set of dictionaries when the set of dictionaries consists of one of the dictionaries.

3. The control method of claim 1, wherein

the translating of the received sequence of symbols into the batch of commands parsable by the electronic controller of the electromechanical medical device comprises generating an error of the translating of the received sequence of symbols into the batch of commands parsable by the electronic controller of the electromechanical medical device, when the set of dictionaries is an empty set or when two or more of the identified fragments of the received sequence of symbols have the same number of symbols being less than a number of symbols in any other, if any, identified fragment of the received sequence of symbols, and

the method comprises in response to the generating of the error aborting the translating of the received sequence of symbols into the batch of commands parsable by the electronic controller of the electromechanical medical device.

4. The control method of claim 1, wherein one of the first sets of symbols consists of symbols having synonym meaning.

5. The control method of claim 1, wherein each of the symbols of one of the first sets of symbols is a respective word of a natural language or a respective word combination of the natural language and all symbols of the one of the first sets of symbols are synonyms.

6. The control method of claim 1, wherein each of the dictionaries has a respective order specification determining placing of symbols of its first sets of symbols in sequences of symbols, wherein for any of the dictionaries comprised in the set of dictionaries the symbols each comprised in the respective first set of symbols and in the received sequence of symbols are placed in the received sequence of symbols according to the respective order specification.

7. The control method of claim 6, wherein each of the order specifications complies with a syntax of a natural language.

8. The control method of claim 1, wherein each of the dictionaries comprises a respective maximum allowable number of symbols which can be placed between any of symbols of one of its first sets of symbols and any of symbols of another one of its first sets of symbols in sequences of symbols, wherein for any of the dictionaries comprised in the set of dictionaries a respective number of symbols placed in the received sequence of symbols between two symbols between which the maximum allowable number of symbols is specified, is less or equal to the respective maximum allowable number of symbols.

9. The control method of claim 1, wherein the received sequence of symbols is received from a user electronic interface device, wherein each of the batches of commands parsable by the electronic controller of the electromechanical medical device has a respective description, wherein the method comprises:

sending the description of the batch of commands of the selected dictionary to the user electronic interface device;

the user electronic interface device receiving the description of the batch of commands of the selected dictionary;

the user electronic interface device sending a communication signal to a user for communicating to the user the description of the batch of commands of the selected dictionary;

the user electronic interface device receiving from the user a communication signal indicating that the description of the batch of commands of the selected dictionary corresponds to the received sequence of symbols;

the user electronic interface device sending a confirmation message in response to the receiving the communication signal from the user; and

receiving from the user electronic interface device the confirmation message,

wherein the sending the batch of commands from the control system to the electromechanical medical device and the causing by the electronic controller of the electromechanical medical device to execute the batch of commands on the electromechanical interface device.

10. The control method of claim 1, wherein each of the batches of commands parsable by the electronic controller of the electromechanical medical device comprises one or more respective parameter fields, wherein each of the parameter fields is associated with respective second sets of symbols and a respective conversion rule for converting symbols into a respective format compatible with the each of the parameter fields, wherein each of some of the parameter fields is associated with a respective default parameter, wherein the translating of the received sequence of symbols into the batch of commands parsable by the electronic controller of the electromechanical medical device comprises, for each of the parameter fields of the batch of commands of the selected dictionary:

if each criterion of a criteria set is compiled with,

converting one or more symbols into the respective format using the conversion rule associated with the each of the parameter fields of the batch of commands of the selected dictionary, wherein each of the one or more symbols is comprised in the received sequence of symbols and in the respective second set of symbols associated with the each of the parameter fields of the batch of commands of the selected dictionary; and

entering the one or more converted symbols in the each of the parameter fields of the batch of commands of the selected dictionary; and

if at least one criterion of the criteria set is not complied with,

entering the respective default parameter associated with the each of the parameter fields of the batch of commands of the selected dictionary in the each of the parameter fields of the batch of commands of the selected dictionary when the each of the parameter fields of the batch of commands of the selected dictionary parameter field is associated with the respective default parameter, otherwise generating an error,

wherein the criteria set comprises the following criterion;

each second set of symbols associated with the each of the parameter fields of the batch of commands of the selected dictionary comprises a respective symbol being comprised in the received sequence of symbols.

11. The control method of claim 10, the method comprising:

in response to the generating of the error aborting the translating of the received sequence of symbols into the batch of commands parsable by the electronic controller of the electromechanical medical device.

12. The control method of claim 10, wherein each of the parameter fields is associated with a respective order specification determining placing of symbols of the second sets associated with it in sequences of symbols, wherein the criteria set comprises the following criterion:

the symbols each comprised in the respective second set of symbols associated with the each of the parameter fields of the batch of commands of the selected dictionary and in the received sequence of symbols are placed in the received sequence of symbols according to the order specification associated with the each of the parameter fields of the batch of commands of the selected dictionary.

13. The control method of claim 12, wherein each of the order specifications complies with a syntax of a natural language.

14. The control method of claim 10, wherein each of the parameter fields is associated with a respective maximum allowable number of symbols which can be placed between any of symbols of one of the second sets of symbols associated with it and any of symbols of another one of second sets associated with it in sequences of symbols, wherein the criteria set comprises the following criterion:

a number of symbols placed in the received sequence of symbols between two symbols between which the maximum allowable number of symbols is specified, is less or equal to the maximum allowable number of symbols associated with the each of the parameter fields of the batch of commands of the selected dictionary.

15. The control method of claim 10, wherein the received sequence of symbols is received from a user electronic interface device, wherein each of the batches of commands parsable by the electronic controller of the electromechanical medical device has a respective description, wherein each of the parameter fields has a respective description, wherein the method comprises if either the one or more respective converted symbols or the respective default parameter is entered in each of the parameter fields of the batch of commands of the selected dictionary:

generating a message comprising the description of the batch of commands of the selected dictionary, the description of each of the parameter fields of the batch of commands of the selected dictionary and either the one or more respective converted symbols or the respective default parameter being entered therein;

sending the message to the user electronic interface device;

the user electronic interface device sending to a communication signal to a user for communicating to the user the message;

the user electronic interface device receiving from the user a communication signal indicating that the description of the batch of commands of the selected dictionary corresponds to the received sequence of symbols and the parameter fields of the batch of commands of the selected dictionary are filled in correctly;

the user electronic interface device sending a confirmation message in response to the receiving the signal from the user; and

receiving from the user electronic interface device the confirmation message,

wherein the sending the batch of commands from the control system to the electromechanical medical device and the causing by the electronic controller of the electromechanical medical device to execute the batch of commands on the electromechanical medical device is executed when the confirmation message is received from the user electronic interface device.

16. The control method of claim 10, the method comprising, before execution of the operations which are executed for the each of the parameter fields of the batch of commands of the selected dictionary:

generating an auxiliary set of symbols, wherein a number of symbols in the auxiliary set is equal to a number of the first sets in the selected dictionary, wherein each of the symbols comprised in the auxiliary set is comprised in one of the first dictionaries of the selected dictionary and in the received sequence of symbols; and

deleting each symbol of the auxiliary set from the received sequence of symbols.

17. The control method of claim 1, wherein the received sequence of symbols is a phrase in a natural language.

18. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a computer executable code for execution by a computer processor controlling a control system, wherein execution of instructions of the executable code causes the computer processor to execute the control method of claim 1.

19. A control system for controlling an electromechanical medical device, wherein the control system comprises a computer processor and a memory storing instructions of a computer executable code which execution by the computer processor causes the control system to perform the following:

receiving, by the control system, a sequence of symbols;

translating the received sequence of symbols into a batch of commands parsable by an electronic controller of the electromechanical medical device;

sending the batch of commands from the control system to the electromechanical medical device; and

controlling, by the electronic controller, the electromechanical medical device to perform an electromechanical medical operation by causing the electromechanical medical device to execute the batch of commands on the electromechanical medical device, the electromechanical medical device performing the electromechanical medical operation on a medical patient,

wherein the translating of the received sequence of symbols is executed using one dictionary among a set of dictionaries, wherein each of the dictionaries in the set of dictionaries has a respective batch of commands parsable by the electronic controller of the electromechanical medical device and respective first sets of symbols corresponding to the respective batch of commands parsable by the electronic controller of the electromechanical medical device for controlling the electromechanical medical device, and

wherein the translating of the received sequence of symbols includes,

identifying the set of dictionaries, wherein each first set of symbols of any dictionary of the set of dictionaries comprises a respective symbol being comprised in the received sequence of symbols,

identifying for each of the dictionaries of the set of dictionaries a respective fragment of the received sequence of symbols comprising one symbol of each of the first sets of symbols of the each of the dictionaries, starting with the symbol comprised in one of the first sets of symbols of the each of the dictionaries, and ending with the symbol comprised in another one of the first sets of symbols of the each of the dictionaries,

selecting the identified fragment of the received sequence of symbols having the least number of symbols among the identified fragments of the received sequence of symbols, and

selecting the one dictionary among the set of dictionaries corresponding to the selected identified fragment of the received sequence of symbols, and

wherein the batch of commands of the selected dictionary is the one generated in the translating of the received sequence of symbols into the batch of commands parsable by the electronic controller of the electromechanical medical device, and

wherein the electromechanical medical device is one of a syringe, a perfusion tool, a magnetic resonance imaging scanner, or an X-Ray tool.