Medical operation device control system for controlling a operation devices accessed respectively by ID codes

• US 5,609,560 A
• Filed: 04/10/1995
• Issued: 03/11/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/1992
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Olympus Optical Corporation Limited (Olympus Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Olympus Optical Corporation Limited (Olympus Corporation)
• Inventors: Takemoto, Satoshi, Tanikawa, Kouji, Ichikawa, Yoshito
• Primary Examiner(s): Apley, Richard J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Leubecker, John P.
• Application Number:
  US08/419,527
• Time in Patent Office: 701 Days
• Field of Search: 600/101, 600/117, 600/118, 600/921, 340/825.04, 340/825.06, 340/825.31, 340/825.34, 340/825.08, 340/825.54, 340/825.07, 340/286.01, 395/200, 364/140, 364/132, 364/131, 364/413.02
• US Class Current: 600/101
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/0421 Multiprocessor system
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/21036 Each connected module has own address and address of originator of message
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/21047 Select module if address of module equals required address, compare addresses
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/23194 Check validity data by writing in sector control data and check data
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/25171 Serial, RS232
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/25192 Infrared
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/004 by using forward error control H04L1/0618 takes precedence; coding, decoding or code conversion, for error detection or correction H03M13/00

Abstract

A communication port of a concentrated controller for performing concentrated control, and a communication port of each of a plurality of operation devices having respective peculiar ID codes are connected to each other by a signal transmitting cable or the like. An ID code of an operation device intended to be accessed from the concentrated controller is transmitted, whereby each of the operation devices judges whether or not the transmitted ID code is in agreement with one'"'"'s own ID code. Access is made only to the operation device when the ID code is in agreement with one'"'"'s own ID code. The operation of such device is capable of being controlled by transmitted information; and such operation is preferably related to a medical environment.

Claims

1. A medical operation control system, comprising:

a first operation means having a first communication port for performing bidirectional communication, a first ID recognizing means for recognizing whether agreement is made with a first ID information, a first treatment section means for performing treatment operation, and a first control section means for controlling operation of said first treatment section in accordance with recognition results due to said first ID recognizing section means, with respect to information which is received through said first communication port;

a second operation means having a second communication port capable of performing bidirectional communication, a second ID recognizing section means for recognizing whether agreement is made with second ID information, a second treatment section means for performing treatment operation, and a second control section means for controlling operation of said second treatment section means in accordance with recognition results due to said second ID recognizing section means, with respect to information which is received through said second communication port; and

a concentrated control means for;

(a) controlling operation of said first and second treatment section means, (b) performing bidirectional communication with said first and second communication ports, and (c) transmitting ID information corresponding to said first and second ID information, wherein said concentrated control means further stores reference information for interpreting said ID information and operational information for controlling operations of said first and second treatment section means.

2. An operation control system according to claim 1, including a third operation means which is different from said first operation means and said second operation means.

3. An operation control system according to claim 1, wherein said communication port is connected to said first communication port and said second communication port through a signal transmission cable.

4. An operation control system according to claim 1, wherein said communication port which is connected to said first communication port and said second communication port is a common communication port.

5. An operation control system according to claim 1, wherein said first communication port and said second communication port have respective signal transmitting terminals thereof which are connected to a signal receiving terminal of said communication port, and wherein said first communication port and said second communication port have respective signal receiving terminals thereof which are connected to a signal transmitting terminal of said communication port.

6. An operation control system according to claim 1, wherein said communication port is connected to said first communication port and said second communication port by three lines including a GND line.

7. An operation control system according to claim 1, wherein said first and second control section means performs bidirectional communication between said first and second communication ports and said communication port in a case of such recognition result that said ID information transmitted from said transmitting means by said first and second ID recognizing section means is in agreement with said first and second ID information.

8. An operation control system according to claim 1, wherein said first and second control section means stops communication function such that at least said first and second communication ports of said first and second communication ports and said communication ports are located on a transmitting side, in a case of recognition result such that, by said first and second ID recognizing section means, said ID information transmitted from said transmitting means is not in agreement with said first and second ID information.

9. An operation control system according to claim 1, wherein said first and second control section means set respective transmitting terminals in said first and second communication ports to high impedance, in a case of recognition result that said ID information transmitted from said transmitting means is not in agreement with said first and second ID information.

10. An operation control system according to claim 1, wherein said concentrated control means error-correction-code applying means for applying an error correcting code to transmitted information.

11. An operation control system according to claim 1, wherein said first and second operation means have error-correction-code applying means for applying an error correcting code to transmitted information.

12. An operation control system according to claim 1, wherein said concentrated control means has error correcting means for performing error correction of received information.

13. An operation control system according to claim 1, wherein said first and second operation means have error correcting means for performing error correction of received information.

14. An operation control system according to claim 1, wherein, in a case where said first and second operation means receive information transmitted from said concentrated control means, said first and second operation means reply information of receipt recognition to said concentrated control means.

15. An operation control system according to claim 1, wherein, in a case where said concentrated control means receives information transmitted from said first and second operation means, said concentrated control means replies information of receipt recognition to said first and second operation means.

16. An operation control system according to claim 1, wherein a connection of said communication port to said first communication port and a connection of said communication port to said second communication port are wireless.

17. An operation control system according to claim 1, wherein said communication port is connected to said first communication port and said second communication port by wire.

18. An operation control system according to claim 1, wherein said communication port, said first communication port and said second communication port have wireless transmitting and receiving means for performing transmission and for receiving.

19. An operation control system according to claim 1, wherein said communication port, said first communication port and said second communication port have respective signal transmitting ports of an RS-232C standard.

20. An operation control system according to claim 1, wherein said first operating section means and said second operating section means have respective operation treatment functions different from each other.

21. An operation control system according to claim 1, wherein one of said first and second operation means is a peritoneal device which supplies gas to thereby be peritonealized.

22. An operation control system according to claim 1, wherein one of said first operation means and said second operation means is a high-frequency electrocautery which performs excision by application of a high-frequency drive signal.

23. An operation control system according to claim 1, wherein one of said first operation means and said second operation means is an endoscope apparatus for use in observation.

24. A medical operation control system, comprising:

a plurality of operation devices each having a communication port capable of performing bidirectional communication, an ID recognizing section for recognizing whether agreement is made to an ID information, a treatment section for performing operation treatments different from each other, and a control section for controlling operation of said treatment section in accordance with recognizing results due to said ID recognizing section, with respect to information received through said communication port; and

a concentrated control means for;

(a) controlling operation of an optional treatment section in said plurality of operation devices, (b) performing bidirectional communication with said communication port, and (c) transmitting operating information corresponding to said ID information, wherein said concentrated control means further stores reference information for interpreting said ID information and operational information for controlling said optional treatment section in said plurality of operation devices.