Technical medical system and method for operating it

• US 20080039818A1
• Filed: 08/06/2007
• Published: 02/14/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Siemens Healthineers AG (Siemens AG)
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Hornig, Mathias
• Granted Patent: US 8,498,868 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/523
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/10 Safety means specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/12 Arrangements for detecting or locating foreign bodies
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for operating a technical medical system during a medical procedure, wherein a parameter correlated with the quality of the performance of the procedure is continuously registered while the procedure is being performed, the parameter is evaluated based on a quality criterion correlated with the procedure'"'"'s fault-free performance, and an auxiliary procedure for the medical procedure is initiated as soon as the parameter has violated the quality criterion. The invention also relates to a technical medical system for performing a medical procedure according to the inventive method.

Claims

1-18. -18. (canceled)

19. A method for operating a medical system by an operator during a procedure, comprising:

continuously registering a parameter correlated with a quality of a performance of the procedure while performing the procedure;

evaluating the parameter based on a quality criterion correlated with a fault-free performance of the procedure; and

initiating an auxiliary procedure when the parameter violates the quality criterion for performing the procedure correctly.

20. The method as claimed in claim 19, wherein the parameter comprises a number of interactions between the operator and the medical system.

21. The method as claimed in claim 20, wherein the quality criterion is a maximum number of the interactions.

22. The method as claimed in claim 19, wherein the parameter comprises a noise level in an area around the medical system.

23. The method as claimed in claim 22, wherein the noise level comprises a number of voice commands uttered by the operator.

24. The method as claimed in claim 19, wherein the quality criterion is selected from the group consisting of:

a sequence of therapeutic steps during the procedure, a duration of a therapeutic step, and how often a therapeutic step is repeated.

25. The method as claimed in claim 19, wherein the auxiliary procedure comprises displaying a user prompt specifically tailored to the procedure to the operator.

26. The method as claimed in claim 19, wherein the auxiliary procedure comprises adjusting an ambient condition of the medical system to a need of the operator.

27. The method as claimed in claim 19, wherein the auxiliary procedure comprises accommodating a communication scenario around the medical system to the operator.

28. The method as claimed in claim 19, wherein the auxiliary procedure comprises making a support personnel available to the operator.

29. A medical system operated by an operator for performing a procedure, comprising:

a registering unit that continuously registers a parameter correlated with a quality of a performance of the procedure while performing the procedure; and

an evaluation and control unit that;

evaluates the parameter based on a quality criterion correlated with a fault-free performance of the procedure, and

initiates an auxiliary procedure when the parameter violates the quality criterion for performing the procedure correctly.

30. The medical system as claimed in claim 29, wherein the registering unit is a counter and the parameter is a number of operator interactions with the system.

31. The medical system as claimed in claim 30, wherein the quality criterion is a maximum number of the interactions.

32. The medical system as claimed in claim 29, wherein the registering unit is a microphone and the parameter is a noise level in an area around the medical system.

33. The medical system as claimed in claim 29, wherein the registering unit is a detector that identifies a currently performed therapeutic step.

34. The medical system as claimed in claim 33, wherein the quality criterion is selected from the group consisting of:

a sequence of therapeutic steps during the procedure, a duration of a therapeutic step, and how often a therapeutic step is repeated.

35. The medical system as claimed in claim 29, further comprising a user-prompting unit and the auxiliary procedure comprises displaying a user prompt specifically tailored to the procedure to the operator.

36. The medical system as claimed in claim 29, wherein the evaluation and control unit comprises an interface to an air-conditioning or lighting-control facility and the auxiliary procedure comprises adjusting an ambient condition of the medical system to a need of the operator.

37. The medical system as claimed in claim 29, wherein the evaluation and control unit comprises an interface to a communication unit for the operator and the auxiliary procedure comprises accommodating a communication scenario around the medical system to the operator.

38. The medical system as claimed in claim 29, wherein the evaluation and control unit comprises an interface to a personnel-administration device and the auxiliary procedure comprises making a support personnel available to the operator.