Network Based Endoscopic Surgical System
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1. A network based surgical system comprising:
- a first medical device having a first network interface;
a second medical device having a second network interface;
a communications network over which said first medical device, through the first network interface, and said second medical device, through the second network interface, are communicable;
wherein the first network interface and the second network interface employ the same lower layer protocol for communicating over said communications network; and
wherein the first network interface has a maximum throughput greater than a maximum throughput of the second network interface.
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Abstract
A network based surgical system including a first medical device having a first network interface, a second medical device having a second network interface, a communications network over which the first medical device, through the first network interface, and the second medical device, through the second network interface, are communicable, wherein the first network interface and the second network interface employ the same network protocol for communicating over the communications network, and wherein the first network interface has a maximum throughput greater than a maximum throughput of the second network interface.
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24 Claims
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1. A network based surgical system comprising:
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a first medical device having a first network interface; a second medical device having a second network interface; a communications network over which said first medical device, through the first network interface, and said second medical device, through the second network interface, are communicable; wherein the first network interface and the second network interface employ the same lower layer protocol for communicating over said communications network; and wherein the first network interface has a maximum throughput greater than a maximum throughput of the second network interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A network based surgical system comprising:
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a video camera having a first network interface; two or more medical devices each having a second network interface; a communications network over which said video camera, through the first network interface, and said second medical devices, through the second network interfaces, are communicable; wherein said communications network includes at least one network switch for sending and receiving data between the video camera and two or more medical devices; wherein the first network interface and the second network interface employ the same lower layer network protocol for communicating over said communications network; and wherein the first network interface has a maximum data rate greater than a maximum data rate of the second network interfaces; and wherein the maximum data rate of the first network interface is at least 1 gigabit/second. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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