Medical apparatus and medical system

• US 7,083,608 B2
• Filed: 06/29/2001
• Issued: 08/01/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nidek Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nidek Company Limited
• Inventors: Tajitsu, Koshu, Kanda, Hidenori, Tomita, Seiki
• Primary Examiner(s): Gibson, Roy D
• Assistant Examiner(s): Johnson, III, Henry M.
• Application Number:
  US09/893,969
• Publication Number:
  US 20020002368A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,859 Days
• Field of Search: 606 4- 6, 606/1, 606/41
• US Class Current: 606/4
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00199 with a console, e.g. a control panel with a display
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00225 Systems for controlling multiple different instruments, e.g. microsurgical systems
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2009/00844 Feedback systems
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2009/00872 Cornea
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2009/00874 Vitreous
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 9/00709 Instruments for removing foreign bodies for removal of intra-ocular material A61F9/00736
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 9/008 using laser
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 9/00821 for coagulation

Abstract

A medical system capable of giving different treatments in a row to a patient comprises a first treatment apparatus, a second treatment apparatus, an operation unit, a memory, a communication unit and a selection switch. The first treatment apparatus has a first treatment unit for a first treatment and a first control part which sends a control signal to the first treatment unit based on a first setting signal for the first treatment. The second treatment apparatus has a second treatment unit for a second treatment different from the first treatment and a second control part which sends a control signal to the second treatment unit based on a second setting signal for the second treatment. The operation unit has an indication part and an operation part, and is capable of inputting the first and second setting signals at different times, and the two signals are then transmitted to the first and second control parts respectively by the communication unit. The memory is capable of storing two groups of data, one of which concerns a first operating screen for the first treatment and the other concerns a second operating screen for the second treatment. Any one of the two groups of data is selectively read from the memory and displayed on the indication part, based on a mode-selection signal which has been inputted through the selection switch for selecting any one of a first-treatment mode and a second-treatment mode.

Claims

1. A medical system for ophthalmic treatments, the system comprising:

a first ophthalmic treatment apparatus available for independent use in isolation from other apparatus, having a first treatment instrument for a first treatment and including

a first setting unit which inputs a setting signal of a treatment condition, having a first display and a first memory which stores data on a setting screen for the treatment condition of the first treatment,

a first footswitch which gives an operation signal, and

first control means for controlling operation of the first treatment instrument based on the setting signal of the treatment condition from the first setting unit and the operation signal from the first footswitch;

a second ophthalmic treatment apparatus available for independent use in isolation from other apparatus, having a second treatment instrument for a second treatment and including

a second setting unit which inputs a setting signal of a treatment condition, having a second display and a second memory which stores data on a setting screen for the treatment condition of the second treatment,

a second footswitch which gives an operation signal,

second control means for controlling operation of the second treatment instrument based on the setting signal of the treatment condition from the second setting unit and the operation signal from the second footswitch, and

mode-selection means for selecting one of a mode for the second treatment and a mode for the first treatment; and

a communication unit which connects the first treatment apparatus and the second treatment apparatus through cable communications or wireless communications,

wherein the second treatment apparatus includes second detecting means for detecting the connection with the first treatment apparatus via the communication unit,

in a case where the first treatment apparatus is actuated, the first control means calls up the setting screen for the first treatment condition from the first memory to the first display and controls the operation of the first treatment instrument based on the setting signal of the treatment condition from the first setting unit and the operation signal from the first footswitch,

in a case where the second treatment apparatus is actuated, when the second treatment mode is selected by the mode-section means, regardless of a detection result of the second detecting means, the second control means calls up the setting screen for the second treatment condition from the second memory to the second display and controls the operation of the second treatment instrument based on the setting signal of the treatment condition from the second setting unit and the operation signal from the second footswitch, and when the first treatment mode is selected by the mode-selection means, if the connection with the first treatment apparatus and the actuation of the first treatment apparatus are detected by the second detecting means, the second control means calls up the setting screen for the first treatment condition from the first memory via the first control means to the second display and controls the operation of the first treatment instruction via the first control means based on the setting signal of the treatment condition from the second setting unit and the operation signal from the second footswitch, and

one of the first and the second treatments is a treatment cutting and aspirating tissue inside an eye and the other one is a treatment irradiating a laser beam to a part inside the eye for photocoagulation.

2. The medical system according to claim 1, wherein the first and the second displays display respective setting screens for the first and the second treatment conditions in different colors.

3. The medical system according to claim 1,

wherein the first treatment apparatus includes first detecting means for detecting the connection with the second treatment apparatus via the communication unit, and

in a case where the first treatment apparatus is actuated, if the connection with the second treatment apparatus is not detected by the first detecting means, the first control means calls up the setting screen for the first treatment condition from the first memory to the first display and controls the operation of the first treatment instrument based on the setting signal of the treatment condition from the first setting unit and the operation signal from the first footswitch, and if the connection with the second treatment apparatus and the actuation of the second treatment apparatus or the selection of the second treatment mode are detected by the first detecting means, the first control means prevents the first display from displaying the setting screen for the first treatment condition and refuses the setting signal of the treatment condition from the first setting unit and the operation signal from the first footswitch.