System and network for remote medical procedures
First Claim
1. A system for performing multiple simultaneous remote medical interventional procedures from a single Control Center, the system comprising:
- at least two remote navigation systems in separate procedure rooms, and respective control computers for each remote navigation system;
a Control Center that is physically separated by at least 5 meters from each procedure room, the Control Center having a set of at least one display and at least one interface input device corresponding to each of aforesaid remote navigation systems, that are respectively connected to the respective control computers of the remote navigation systems by means of corresponding links.
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Abstract
A system and method are provided for performing remote surgical navigation in multiple systems from a single control center, where there are at least two remote navigation systems in separate procedure rooms having respective control computers. The system includes a Control Center separate from each procedure room that has a set of displays and interface input devices. A switch may also be included for connecting the Control Center to the set of displays, interface input devices, and remote navigation systems. A method is provided for performing multiple simultaneous remote medical procedures that includes displaying information transmitted from a remote navigation system to the Control Center, and accepting user input from a remote navigation system. The method provides for establishing an encryption key with the remote system, converting the user input to a script data and encrypting the data. The transmitted script command is then transmitted to the remote navigation system.
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29 Claims
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1. A system for performing multiple simultaneous remote medical interventional procedures from a single Control Center, the system comprising:
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at least two remote navigation systems in separate procedure rooms, and respective control computers for each remote navigation system;
a Control Center that is physically separated by at least 5 meters from each procedure room, the Control Center having a set of at least one display and at least one interface input device corresponding to each of aforesaid remote navigation systems, that are respectively connected to the respective control computers of the remote navigation systems by means of corresponding links. - View Dependent Claims (3, 6, 7, 8, 28)
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2. A system for performing multiple simultaneous remote medical interventional procedures from a single Control Center, the system comprising:
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at least two remote navigation systems in separate procedure rooms, and respective control computers;
a Control Center that is physically separated by at least 5 meters from each procedure room, the Control Center having a set of displays and interface input devices;
a switch connected to the set of displays and interface input devices in the Control Center, and also connected to each of aforesaid remote navigation systems by means of communication links, with user-selectable settings for selecting and routing interaction between the set of displays and interface input devices and any one of the remote navigation systems. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 29)
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12. A method for performing multiple simultaneous remote medical interventional procedures on any of a set of remote navigation systems from a single, physically distant Control Center, the method comprising the steps of:
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displaying information, transmitted over a link from any of the remote navigation systems, in the Control Center;
accepting user input into a Control Center computer;
establishing an encryption key between the Control Center computer and the remote navigation system computer;
converting the user input data to a pre-determined data stream format and then encrypting this data on the Control Center computer;
transmitting the encrypted data over a link from the Control Center computer to a computer at the remote navigation system site;
decrypting the received data and converting it to USB-format data, and transmitting the USB-format data to the remote navigation system control computer via a local, standard USB cable link. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 22, 23, 26)
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13. A method for performing multiple simultaneous remote medical interventional procedures on any of a set of remote navigation systems from a single, physically distant Control Center, the method comprising the steps of:
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displaying information, transmitted over a link from any of the remote navigation systems, in the Control Center;
accepting user input into a Control Center computer;
establishing an encryption key between the Control Center computer and the remote navigation system computer;
converting the user input data to a pre-determined data stream format and then encrypting this data on the Control Center computer;
transmitting the encrypted data over a link from the Control Center computer to a computer at the remote navigation system site;
decrypting the received data and converting it to a set of pre-determined script commands corresponding to medical device control and user interaction elements, and transmitting the script commands to the remote navigation system control computer via a local, standard Ethernet link. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 27)
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