Surgical system

• US 6,648,223 B2
• Filed: 10/16/2002
• Issued: 11/18/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2002
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Alcon Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Alcon Incorporated
• Inventors: Boukhny, Mikhail, Dacquay, Bruno, Fanney, Douglas M., Thoe, David, Southard, Michael A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Diane I.
• Application Number:
  US10/272,023
• Publication Number:
  US 20030178489A1
• Time in Patent Office: 398 Days
• Field of Search: 235/385, 235/383, 235/462.13, 283/74, 283/81, 206/349, 206/363, 206/370, 705/28, 705/29
• US Class Current: 235/385
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2050/0065 Peelable cover
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 46/00 Surgical drapes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 50/33 Trays
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/96 using barcodes
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2250/0086 with bar code
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 9/00736 Instruments for removal of intra-ocular material or intra-ocular injection, e.g. cataract instruments A61F9/008 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6072 Bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 17/00 Methods or arrangements for effecting co-operative working between equipments covered by two or more of main groups G06K1/00 - G06K15/00, e.g. automatic card files incorporating conveying and reading operations

Abstract

A surgical system console having an electronic identification system, such as a bar code scanner, magnetic reader or other sensing device (e.g., optical, magnetic or other system) system that works in conjunction with a unique identifier on the surgical pak so as to identify the contents of the pak to the surgical console control (e.g., CPU). That information can be used for a variety of further activities, such as inventory management, product usage, traceability, patient billing, collection of statistical data, OR support, automatic setting of the surgical operating parameters by the surgical console, servicing and to print out the contents of the surgical pak on a list or any other recordable media (e.g., DVD, CD-ROM, floppy disk, hard drive, ZIP drive.

Claims

1. A surgical procedure identification system, comprising:

a) an ophthalmic surgical console for performing ophthalmic surgical procedures, the ophthalmic surgical console having a plurality of operating parameters and having a reader;

b) at least one surgical pak containing a plurality of components;

c) an identification device associated with the surgical pak, the identification device capable of being recognized by the reader and providing information about the components contained in the surgical pak to the ophthalmic surgical console so as to adjust automatically at least one operating parameter of the ophthalmic surgical console; and

d) a printer connected to the ophthalmic surgical console for printing out a list of the components contained in the surgical pak.

2. The surgical procedure identification system of claim 1 wherein the list is a plurality of labels.

3. The surgical procedure identification system of claim 1 wherein the identification device is a bar code and the reader is a bar code scanner.

4. The surgical procedure identification system of claim 1 wherein the connection between the ophthalmic surgical console and the printer is a wireless connection.

5. A surgical procedure identification system, comprising:

a) an ophthalmic surgical console for performing ophthalmic surgical procedures, the ophthalmic surgical console having a plurality of operating parameters and having a reader;

b) at least one surgical pak containing a plurality of components;

c) an identification device associated with the surgical pak, the identification device capable of being recognized by the reader and providing information about the components contained in the surgical pak to the ophthalmic surgical console so as to adjust automatically at least one operating parameter of the ophthalmic surgical console; and

d) an inventory management system connected to the ophthalmic surgical console for tracking usage of the surgical pak and/or the components.

6. The surgical procedure identification system of claim 5 wherein the identification device is a bar code and the reader is a bar code scanner.

7. The surgical procedure identification system of claim 5 wherein the connection between the ophthalmic surgical console and the printer is a wireless connection.

8. A surgical procedure identification system, comprising:

a) an ophthalmic surgical console for performing ophthalmic surgical procedures, the ophthalmic surgical console having a plurality of operating parameters and having a reader;

b) at least one surgical pak containing a plurality of components;

c) an identification device associated with the surgical pak, the identification device capable of being recognized by the reader and providing information about the components contained in the surgical pak to the ophthalmic surgical console so as to adjust automatically at least one operating parameter of the console; and

d) an external device electronically connected to the ophthalmic surgical console for receiving the information about the components contained in the surgical pak.

9. The surgical procedure identification system of claim 8 wherein the identification device is a bar code and the reader is a bar code scanner.

10. The surgical procedure identification system of claim 8 wherein the electronic connection between the control console and the external device is a wireless connection.

11. A method of operating a surgical system, comprising:

a) providing an ophthalmic surgical console for performing ophthalmic surgical procedures, the ophthalmic surgical console having at least one operating parameter, the ophthalmic surgical console capable of receiving and storing data and automatically adjusting the operating parameter based on the received and stored data;

b) connecting electronically the ophthalmic surgical console to a communications device, the device being located external to the surgical console;

c) transferring data electronically between the ophthalmic surgical console and the device.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the device is a local area network server.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein the device communicates data received from the local area network server to the ophthalmic surgical console.

14. The method of claim 11 wherein the device is a personal digital assistant.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein the device communicates data received from the personal digital assistant to the ophthalmic surgical console.

16. The method of claim 11 wherein the device is an internet server.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein the device communicates data received from the internet server to the ophthalmic surgical console.

18. The method of claim 11 wherein the device is an intranet server.

19. The method of claim 18 wherein the device communicates data received from the intranet server to the ophthalmic surgical console.

20. The method of claim 11 wherein the data contains information about the components contained in a surgical pak containing a plurality of components.

21. The method of claim 20 wherein the device is a local area network server.

22. The method of claim 20 wherein the device is a personal digital assistant.

23. The method of claim 20 wherein the device is an internet server.

24. The method of claim 20 wherein the device is an intranet server.