System for controlling medical devices
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1. A system for controlling ancillary medical devices, comprising:
- a surgical network;
an input device, connected to said surgical network, for inputting a medical command;
a controller, connected to said surgical network, for receiving the medical command and generating corresponding medical command data;
a translator, connected to said surgical network, for receiving and translating the medical command data;
at least one ancillary medical device, in communication with said translator, for receiving the translated medical command data and carrying out the corresponding medical command; and
a data stream, generated by at least one of said at least one ancillary medical devices and communicated to said translator, with a higher bandwidth than said surgical network is capable of transmitting.
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Abstract
A system for controlling medical devices is disclosed, generally comprising a surgical network, an input device for entering a medical command, a controller for generating medical command data, and a translator for communicating with at least one ancillary device, where the ancillary device is either a device that is not compatible with the surgical network or is a device that generates high-bandwidth data. In some embodiments, the ancillary device is connected via Ethernet for high-bandwidth data transmission or via Bluetooth for wireless control.
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1. A system for controlling ancillary medical devices, comprising:
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a surgical network;
an input device, connected to said surgical network, for inputting a medical command;
a controller, connected to said surgical network, for receiving the medical command and generating corresponding medical command data;
a translator, connected to said surgical network, for receiving and translating the medical command data;
at least one ancillary medical device, in communication with said translator, for receiving the translated medical command data and carrying out the corresponding medical command; and
a data stream, generated by at least one of said at least one ancillary medical devices and communicated to said translator, with a higher bandwidth than said surgical network is capable of transmitting. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system for controlling ancillary medical devices, comprising:
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a surgical network;
an input device, connected to said surgical network, for inputting a medical command;
a controller, connected to said surgical network, for receiving the medical command and generating corresponding medical command data;
a translator, connected to said surgical network, for receiving and translating the medical command data;
at least one ancillary medical device not connectable to said surgical network, in communication with said translator, for receiving the translated medical command data and carrying out the corresponding medical command; and
feedback data generated by said at least one ancillary medical device and communicated to said translator. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A system for controlling both primary medical devices, which are part of a surgical network, and ancillary medical devices, comprising:
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a surgical network;
an input device, connected to said surgical network, for inputting a medical command;
a controller, connected to said surgical network;
for receiving the medical command and generating corresponding medical command data;
at least one primary medical device, connected to said surgical network, having a first translator for receiving and translating the medical command data;
at least one ancillary medical device, in communication with the first translator, for receiving the translated medical command data and carrying out the corresponding medical command;
a data stream, generated by at least one of said at least one ancillary medical devices, with a higher bandwidth than said surgical network is capable of transmitting; and
a second translator, in communication with said surgical network, for receiving and translating said data stream.
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41. A system for controlling both primary medical devices, which are part of a surgical network, and ancillary medical devices, comprising:
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a surgical network;
an input device, connected to said surgical network, for inputting a medical command;
a controller, connected to said surgical network, for receiving the medical command and generating corresponding medical command data;
at least one primary medical device, connected to said surgical network, having a first translator for receiving and translating the medical command data;
at least one ancillary medical device not connectable to said surgical network, connected to said first translator, for receiving the translated medical command data and carrying out the corresponding medical command;
feedback data generated by said at least one ancillary medical device; and
a second translator, in communication with said surgical network, for receiving and translating said feedback data.
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42. A system for controlling medical devices, comprising:
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a surgical network;
an input device, connected to said surgical network, for inputting a medical command;
a controller, connected to said surgical network, for receiving the medical command and generating corresponding medical command data;
an ancillary network;
a medical device connected to said surgical network, said device having a first interface, by which said medical device is connected to said surgical network, and a second interface, by which said medical device is in communication with said ancillary network; and
a data stream, generated by said medical device and communicated to said ancillary network, with a higher bandwidth than said surgical network is capable of transmitting.
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43. A method for controlling ancillary medical devices, the method comprising:
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providing a surgical network;
entering a medical command into the surgical network;
generating corresponding medical command data;
translating the medical command data;
communicating the translated medical command data to an ancillary medical device;
executing the corresponding medical command with the ancillary medical device;
generating a data stream, having a higher bandwidth than the surgical network is capable of transmitting, with the ancillary medical device;
translating the data stream; and
communicating the translated data stream to the surgical network. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
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64. A method for controlling ancillary medical devices, the method comprising:
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providing a surgical network;
entering a medical command into the surgical network;
generating corresponding medical command data;
translating the medical command data;
communicating the translated medical command data to an ancillary medical device that is not connectable to the surgical network;
executing the corresponding medical command with the ancillary medical device;
generating feedback data with the ancillary medical device;
translating the feedback data; and
communicating the translated feedback data to the surgical network. - View Dependent Claims (65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81)
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82. A method for controlling medical devices, the method comprising:
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providing a surgical network;
providing an ancillary network;
providing a medical device having a first interface and a second interface;
entering a medical command into the surgical network;
generating corresponding medical command data;
communicating the medical command to the medical device via the first interface;
executing the medical command with the medical device;
generating a data stream, having a higher bandwidth than said surgical network is capable of transmitting, with the medical device; and
communicating the data stream to the ancillary network via the second interface.
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