METHOD OF CONFIGURING DEVICES IN AN OPERATING THEATER

• US 20160196400A1
• Filed: 12/29/2015
• Published: 07/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2015
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Stryker Corporation
• Original Assignee: Stryker Corporation
• Inventors: PARAMASIVAN, Ramanan, BAILEY, Brian D., HANNING, Steven Michael
• Granted Patent: US 10,269,454 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

A method of configuring an operating room including providing a storage system having system preferences, providing an operating room communicator, connecting at least one configurable device to the operating room communicator, obtaining the system preferences from the storage system, and configuring settings of the at least one configurable device according to the system preferences. The system preferences can be obtained without logging into the storage system. The system preferences can also be obtained when a surgeon comes into proximity with the operating room communicator without actively interacting with the operating room communicator.

Claims

1. A method of configuring an operating room comprising:

providing a storage system having system preferences;

providing an operating room communicator;

connecting at least one configurable device to the operating room communicator;

obtaining the system preferences from the storage system;

configuring settings of the at least one configurable device according to the system preferences;

wherein the system preferences are obtained without logging into the storage system.

2. The method of configuring the operating room of claim 1, further including:

altering the settings of the at least one configurable device; and

saving the altered settings as a new version of the system preferences.

3. The method of configuring the operating room of claim 1, wherein:

the storage system is a cloud storage system.

4. The method of configuring the operating room of claim 1, further including:

providing the storage system with an index of surgeons; and

associating the system preferences with each surgeon in the index of surgeons.

5. The method of configuring the operating room of claim 4, wherein:

the index of surgeons includes a list of American Medical Association surgeon identification numbers and each one of the American Medical Association surgeon identification numbers has the system preferences associated therewith.

6. The method of configuring the operating room of claim 4, wherein:

the index of surgeons includes a list of surgeons'"'"' names and each one of the surgeons'"'"' names has the system preferences associated therewith.

7. The method of configuring the operating room of claim 1, wherein:

obtaining the system preferences from the storage system includes obtaining the system preferences from a portable information device communicating with the storage system.

8. The method of configuring the operating room of claim 7, wherein:

the portable information device is a smartphone.

9. The method of configuring the operating room of claim 7, wherein:

the portable information device is a tablet computer.

10. The method of configuring the operating room of claim 1, wherein:

the storage system comprises a portable information device; and

obtaining the system preferences from the storage system includes obtaining the system preferences from the storage system of the portable information device.

11. The method of configuring the operating room of claim 1, wherein:

the system preferences are obtained from the storage system automatically when a surgeon comes into proximity with the operating room communicator without actively interacting with the operating room communicator.

12. The method of configuring the operating room of claim 11, wherein:

obtaining the system preferences from the storage system includes obtaining the system preferences from a portable information device communicating with the storage system.

13. The method of configuring the operating room of claim 12, wherein:

the surgeon comes into proximity with the operating room communicator when a room monitor senses proximity of the portable information device.

14. The method of configuring the operating room of claim 13, wherein:

the room monitor and the operating room communicator are integrated into a single housing.

15. The method of configuring the operating room of claim 1, further including:

providing an instruction system; and

instructing the operating room communicator to obtain the system preferences with the instruction system.

16. The method of configuring the operating room of claim 15, wherein:

the instruction system comprises a portable information device.

17. The method of configuring the operating room of claim 15, wherein:

the instruction system comprises a vision system that recognizes a visual cue in the operating room to thereby instruct the operating room communicator to obtain the system preferences when the vision system recognizes the visual cue.

18. The method of configuring the operating room of claim 17, wherein:

the visual cue is a bar code in the operating room.

19. The method of configuring the operating room of claim 17, wherein:

the visual cue is a surgeon in the operating room.

20. A method of configuring an operating room comprising:

providing a cloud storage system having an index of surgeons and system preferences associated with each surgeon in the index of surgeons;

providing an operating room communicator connected to a network communicating with the cloud storage system;

connecting at least one configurable device to the operating room communicator;

obtaining the system preferences associated with a particular surgeon listed in the index of surgeons from the cloud storage system;

configuring settings of the at least one configurable device according to the system preferences associated with the particular surgeon;

wherein the system preferences associated with the particular surgeon can be obtained without logging into the cloud storage system.

21. The method of configuring the operating room of claim 20, further including:

altering the settings of the at least one configurable device; and

saving the altered settings as a new version of the system preferences.

22. The method of configuring the operating room of claim 20, wherein:

the index of surgeons includes a list of American Medical Association surgeon identification numbers and each one of the American Medical Association surgeon identification numbers has the system preferences associated therewith.

23. The method of configuring the operating room of claim 20, wherein:

the index of surgeons includes a list of surgeons'"'"' names and each one of the surgeons'"'"' names has the system preferences associated therewith.

24. A method of configuring an operating room comprising:

providing a storage system having system preferences;

providing an operating room communicator;

connecting at least one configurable device to the operating room communicator;

obtaining the system preferences from the storage system;

configuring settings of the at least one configurable device according to the system preferences;

wherein the system preferences are obtained from the storage system automatically when a surgeon comes into proximity with the operating room communicator without actively interacting with the operating room communicator.

25. The method of configuring the operating room of claim 24, further including:

altering the settings of the at least one configurable device; and

saving the altered settings as a new version of the system preferences.

26. The method of configuring the operating room of claim 24, wherein:

the storage system is a cloud storage system.

27. The method of configuring the operating room of claim 24, wherein:

obtaining the system preferences from the storage system includes obtaining the system preferences from a portable information device communicating with the storage system.

28. The method of configuring the operating room of claim 27, wherein:

the portable information device is a smartphone.

29. The method of configuring the operating room of claim 27, wherein:

the portable information device is a tablet computer.

30. The method of configuring the operating room of claim 24, wherein:

the storage system comprises a portable information device; and

obtaining the system preferences from the storage system includes obtaining the system preferences from the storage system of the portable information device.

31. The method of configuring the operating room of claim 24, wherein:

the surgeon comes into proximity with the operating room communicator when a room monitor senses proximity of a portable information device.

32. The method of configuring the operating room of claim 31, wherein:

the room monitor and the operating room communicator are integrated into a single housing.

33. The method of configuring the operating room of claim 32, further including:

providing an instruction system; and

instructing the operating room communicator to obtain the system preferences with the instruction system.

34. The method of configuring the operating room of claim 33, wherein:

the instruction system comprises the portable information device.

35. The method of configuring the operating room of claim 33, wherein:

the instruction system comprises a vision system that recognizes a visual cue in the operating room to thereby instruct the operating room communicator to obtain the system preferences when the vision system recognizes the visual cue.

36. The method of configuring the operating room of claim 35, wherein:

the visual cue is a bar code in the operating room.

37. The method of configuring the operating room of claim 35, wherein:

the visual cue is a surgeon in the operating room.