Operation system and method of notifying system operation information of same

• US 7,667,592 B2
• Filed: 06/12/2007
• Issued: 02/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Original Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corporation (Olympus Corporation)
• Inventors: Honda, Yoshitaka, Gotanda, Masakazu, Inaba, Makoto, Mihori, Takashi, Ohyama, Masahide, Uchimura, Sumihiro, Okada, Mitsumasa, Gocho, Masanori, Hatta, Shinji, Shoji, Hideyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Mehmood; Jennifer
• Application Number:
  US11/811,798
• Publication Number:
  US 20080129527A1
• Time in Patent Office: 987 Days
• Field of Search: 340/679, 3405681-5729, 340/539.12, 600/101, 600109-112, 600/118
• US Class Current: 340/539.12
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/045 Control thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/00234 for minimally invasive surgery A61B17/0218, A61B17/0469, A61B17/12013, A61B17/1285, A61B17/29, A61B17/320016 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 18/1402 Probes for open surgery
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 18/1445 at the distal end of a shaft, e.g. forceps or scissors at the end of a rigid rod
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00199 with a console, e.g. a control panel with a display
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00221 with wireless transmission of data, e.g. by infrared radiation or radiowaves
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/320093 additional movable means performing cutting operation
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/320095 with sealing or cauterizing means
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/00988 Means for storing information, e.g. calibration constants, or for preventing excessive use, e.g. usage, service life counter
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/1407 Loop
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/1422 Hook
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 34/10 Computer-aided planning, simulation or modelling of surgical operations
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/90 Identification means for patients or instruments, e.g. tags
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/98 using electromagnetic means, e.g. transponders
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/40 relating to mechanical, radiation or invasive therapies, e.g. surgery, laser therapy, dialysis or acupuncture
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

A treatment instrument output data analysis section includes a probe ID extraction section, an output waveform extraction section, a data analysis section and an analysis result output section. The analysis result output section of the treatment instrument output data analysis section can display on a centralized display panel a synthetic image made by synthesizing a frame image stored in an image storage section of an endoscopic camera apparatus and an analysis result analyzed by the data analysis section.

Claims

1. An operation system comprising:

a treatment instrument used for a medical treatment apparatus for performing a treatment on an affected area;

operational status detection means for detecting operational status of the treatment instrument;

treatment instrument operational status recording means for recording the operational status of the treatment instrument detected by the operational status detection means;

operational status analysis means for analyzing the operational status of the treatment instrument recorded by the treatment instrument operational status recording means;

handling information storage means in which handling information differing for each analysis result is linked and stored, said handling information obtained by analyzing the operational status of the treatment instrument by the operational status analysis means; and

handling information extraction means for extracting the handling information stored in the handling information storage means based on the operational status of the treatment instrument analyzed by the operational status analysis means.

2. The operation system according to claim 1, further comprising:

treatment instrument type identifying means for identifying a type of the treatment instrument, and wherein;

the handling information storage means links and stores the handling information differing for the each analysis result obtained by analyzing the operational status of the treatment instrument as to each type of the treatment instrument; and

the operational status analysis means analyzes the operational status of the treatment instrument recorded by the treatment instrument operational status recording means based on the type of the treatment instrument.

3. The operation system according to claim 1, wherein:

the operational status detection means samples the operational status of the treatment instrument for each use of the treatment instrument at sampling intervals in predetermined timing so as to detect the statuses as multiple pieces of sampling information.

4. The operation system according to claim 1, further comprising:

notification means for notifying an analysis result of the operational status analysis means.

5. The operation system according to claim 1, wherein:

the operational slams analysis means is connected to the handling information extraction means and the treatment instrument operational status recording means via a communication line.

6. The operation system according to claim 1, wherein:

at least the handling information storage means, the operational status analysis means and the handling information extraction means are provided in an external apparatus network-connected with the handling information storage means, the operational status detection means and the treatment instrument operational status recording means; and

the handling information extraction means extracts statistic handling information which is usage results of the treatment instrument in the medical treatment apparatus statistically processed based on the handling information stored in the handling information storage means and the operational status of the treatment instrument analyzed by the operational status analysis means.

7. A method of notifying system operation information of an operation system comprising:

a treatment instrument identification information detecting step of detecting identification information for identifying a type of a treatment instrument used for a medical treatment apparatus for performing a treatment on an affected area;

an operational status detection step of detecting operational status information of the treatment instrument;

a treatment instrument operational status recording step of recording the operational status information of the treatment instrument detected by the operational status detection step;

an operational status analysis step of analyzing the operational status information of the treatment instrument recorded by the treatment instrument operational status recording step based on the identification information detected by the treatment instrument identification information detecting step;

a handling information extraction step of extracting the handling information based on the operational status information of the treatment instrument analyzed by the operational status analysis step from the handling information storage means in which the handling information differing for each analyses result obtained by the operational status analysis step analyzing the operational status information for each type of the treatment instrument is linked and stored; and

an operational status notifying step of outputting the operational status information analyzed by the operational status analysis step to notification means based on a predetermined notification condition.