Touchscreen controlling medical equipment from multiple manufacturers
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1. A medical communication and control system comprising:
- a touchscreen;
a controller for the touchscreen, having a controller command protocol;
a first remotely controllable surgical device, having a first command protocol, controllable by said touchscreen;
a second remotely controllable surgical device, having a second command protocol, controllable by said touchscreen;
an interface, connected between the touchscreen controller and the first remotely controllable surgical device and the second remotely controllable surgical device, for converting the controller command protocol to the first and second command protocols, and for transforming inputs received by the touchscreen into commands for controlling the first and second remotely controllable surgical devices; and
an image, replicating a control interface particular to the first and second remotely controllable surgical devices, for display on the touchscreen to receive inputs and to display a status of the first and second remotely controllable surgical devices.
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Abstract
A communication system including a bus, interconnecting first and third party surgical devices, and a touchscreen, operated with the bus and displaying replicas control interfaces of the first and third party surgical devices, and facilitating remote control of the first and third party surgical devices during a surgical procedure.
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1. A medical communication and control system comprising:
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a touchscreen;
a controller for the touchscreen, having a controller command protocol;
a first remotely controllable surgical device, having a first command protocol, controllable by said touchscreen;
a second remotely controllable surgical device, having a second command protocol, controllable by said touchscreen;
an interface, connected between the touchscreen controller and the first remotely controllable surgical device and the second remotely controllable surgical device, for converting the controller command protocol to the first and second command protocols, and for transforming inputs received by the touchscreen into commands for controlling the first and second remotely controllable surgical devices; and
an image, replicating a control interface particular to the first and second remotely controllable surgical devices, for display on the touchscreen to receive inputs and to display a status of the first and second remotely controllable surgical devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A medical communication and control system comprising:
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a touchscreen;
a controller for the touchscreen;
a controller command protocol for the touchscreen controller;
a first and a second remotely controllable surgical device;
a first and a second command protocol for control of a first and a second surgical device respectively;
an interface, connected between the touchscreen controller and the remotely controllable surgical devices, for converting the controller command protocol to the first and second command protocols for transforming inputs received by the touchscreen into commands for controlling the first and second remotely controllable surgical devices; and
an image, replicating control interfaces particular to the remotely controllable surgical devices for display on the touchscreen to receive inputs and to display a status of the remotely controllable surgical devices. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A medical communication and control system comprising:
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a touchscreen;
a controller for the touchscreen, having a controller command protocol;
a first remotely controllable surgical device, having a first command protocol, controllable by said touchscreen;
a second remotely controllable surgical device, having a second command protocol, controllable by said touchscreen; and
an interface, connected between the touchscreen controller and the first remotely controllable surgical device and the second remotely controllable surgical device, for converting the controller command protocol to the first and second command protocols, and for transforming inputs received by the touchscreen into commands for controlling the first and second remotely controllable surgical devices;
wherein said first remotely controllable surgical is a first party device and said second remotely controllable surgical device is a third party device, the second command protocol being different from the first command protocol. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for operating a medical communication system comprising the steps of:
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providing a touchscreen;
providing a controller for the touchscreen, having a controller command protocol;
providing a first remotely controllable surgical device, having a first command protocol;
providing a second remotely controllable surgical device, having a second command protocol;
providing an interface, connecting the touchscreen controller to the first and second remotely controllable surgical devices;
providing an image replicating the control interface of the first and second remotely controllable surgical devices for display on the touchscreen and for receiving input commands;
inputting commands to the touchscreen controller for controlling the first and second remotely controllable surgical devices respectively;
converting the commands from the controller command protocol to the first and second command protocols respectively; and
transmitting the converted commands to the first and second remotely controllable surgical devices respectively. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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27. A method for operating a medical communication system comprising the steps of:
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providing a touchscreen;
providing a controller for the touchscreen;
providing a controller command protocol for the touchacreen controller;
providing a first remotely controllable surgical device, having a first command protocol;
providing a second remotely controllable surgical device, having a second command protocol;
providing an interface, connected between the touchscreen controller and the first remotely controllable surgical device and the second remotely controllable surgical device;
inputting commands to the touchscreen for controlling the first remotely controllable surgical device and the second remotely controllable surgical device;
converting the commands from the controller command protocol to the first and second command protocols respectively; and
transmitting the converted commands to the first remotely controllable surgical device and the second remotely controllable surgical device respectively;
wherein said first remotely controllable surgical is a first party device and said second remotely controllable surgical device is a third party device, the second command protocol being different from the first command protocol.
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28. A medical communication and control system comprising:
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a remotely controllable surgical device having a control interface which is particular to said remotely controllable surgical device;
a touchscreen for displaying the control interface;
a controller for controlling said remotely controllable surgical device;
a database, accessible by said controller; and
an image, stored on said database, replicating the control interface particular to said remotely controllable surgical device;
wherein said controller upon connection of said remotely controllable surgical device queries said database for said image replicating the control interface particular to said remotely controllable surgical device for display on the touchscreen to receive inputs and to display a status of the remotely controllable surgical device, and wherein if said controller does not locate said image on said database, said controller automatically downloads and stores said image on said database for use with said touchscreen. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A medical communication and control system comprising:
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a remotely controllable surgical device having a control interface which is particular to said remotely controllable surgical device;
a touchscreen for displaying the control interface;
a controller for controlling said remotely controllable surgical device;
a database, accessible by said controller; and
an image, stored on said database, replicating the particular control interface for said remotely controllable surgical device, and for display on the touchscreen to receive inputs and to display a status of the remotely controllable surgical device;
wherein said controller upon connection of said remotely controllable surgical device queries said database for said image replicating the control interface particular to said remotely controllable surgical device for display on the touchscreen to receive inputs and to display a status of the remotely controllable surgical device, and wherein said controller periodically queries, downloads and saves updated images particular to various remotely controllable surgical devices to said database. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37)
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