Operation apparatus controller and surgery system

• US 7,833,219 B2
• Filed: 02/13/2006
• Issued: 11/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Original Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Inventors: Tashiro, Koichi, Nakamura, Takeaki, Uchikubo, Akinobu
• Primary Examiner(s): Farah; Ahmed M
• Application Number:
  US11/353,551
• Publication Number:
  US 20060183972A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,737 Days
• Field of Search: 606 1- 15, 60 88- 96, 128/898, 700/9, 700/11, 700/12
• US Class Current: 606/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/0004 for electronic operation
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/00055 for alerting the user
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 1/00059 provided with identification means for the endoscope
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W

Abstract

The operation apparatus controller controls a group of apparatuses including multiple medical apparatuses, which respectively can store patient IDs. Also, the operation apparatus controller has a patient ID comparing section which compares the patient ID stored in the various apparatuses within the group of apparatuses and a notifying section which notifies that the compared patient ID matches or does not match, based on the comparison results of the patient ID.

Claims

1. An operation apparatus controller which controls a group of apparatuses including multiple medical apparatuses, each of which can store patient IDs, the controller comprising:

a patient ID comparing section which compares, in respect of the patient IDs stored in the various apparatuses within the group of apparatuses, a patient ID stored in an apparatus whose priority is equal to or higher than a predetermined priority with another patient ID stored in an apparatus whose priority is lower than the predetermined priority, among priorities of the various apparatuses; and

a notifying section which notifies that the compared patient ID matches or does not match, based on the comparison results of the patient ID.

2. The operation apparatus controller according to claim 1, wherein the group of apparatuses further includes audio-visual equipment which is located in the operating room;

and wherein the patient ID comparing section compares the patient ID stored in the various apparatuses within the group of apparatuses which includes the audio-visual equipment.

3. The operation apparatus controller according to claim 2, comprising:

a patient ID writing section for writing the patient ID as to the apparatuses included in the group of apparatuses, after the notification;

wherein the patient ID comparing section compares the patient ID stored in the various apparatuses within the group of apparatuses;

and wherein, in the event of a match as a result of the comparison in the patient ID comparing section, the patient ID writing section writes the patient ID which has been determined to be a match as a result of the comparison, as to an apparatus within the group of apparatuses wherein a patient ID is not stored.

4. The operation apparatus controller according to claim 3, wherein, in the event there is not a match as a result of the comparison in the patient ID comparing section, the patient ID writing section writes the priority data, which is stored in the apparatus with the highest priority within the apparatuses wherein patient IDs are compared, into apparatuses other than the apparatus with the highest priority, based on the priority set in advance regarding various apparatuses within the group of apparatuses.

5. The operation apparatus controller according to claim 1, further comprising:

a patient ID writing section for writing the patient ID as to the apparatuses included in the group of apparatuses, after the notification;

wherein the patient ID comparing section compares the patient ID stored in the various apparatuses within the group of apparatuses;

and wherein, in the event of a match as the result of the comparison in the patient ID comparing section, the patient ID writing section writes the patient ID which has been determined to be a match as a result of the comparison, as to an apparatus within the group of apparatuses wherein a patient ID is not stored.

6. The operation apparatus controller according to claim 5, wherein, in the event there is not a match as a result of the comparison in the patient ID comparing section, the patient ID writing section writes the priority data, which is stored in the apparatus with the highest priority within the apparatuses wherein patient IDs are compared, into apparatuses other than the apparatus with the highest priority, based on the priority set in advance regarding various apparatuses within the group of apparatuses.

7. The operation apparatus controller according to claim 1, wherein the multiple medical apparatuses include an endoscope camera device.

8. The operation apparatus controller according to claim 1, further comprising a patient ID erasing section for erasing the patient ID data stored in the various apparatuses of the group of apparatuses when the electrical power of a surgery system including the group of apparatuses is detected as being turned off.

9. A surgery system, comprising:

a first controller for controlling a first group of apparatuses which include multiple medical apparatuses which can each store patient ID;

a second controller for controlling a second group of apparatuses which include audio-visual equipment which can store patient ID, which is located in the operating room; and

a communication unit for communicating between the first controller and the second controller;

wherein the first controller compares, in respect of the patient IDs stored in the apparatus wherein patient ID is stored within the first and second groups of apparatuses, a patient ID stored in an apparatus whose priority is equal to or higher than a predetermined priority with another patient ID stored in an apparatus whose priority is lower than the predetermined priority, among priorities of the various apparatuses and based on the comparison results of the patient IDs, notifies whether or not there is a match of the compared patient IDs.

10. The surgery system according to claim 9, wherein, in the event of a match as a result of the patient ID comparison, the first controller writes the patient ID which is determined to be a match as a result of the comparison, as to the apparatuses wherein patient ID is not stored within the first and second group of apparatuses.

11. The surgery system according to claim 10, wherein, in the event there is not a match as a result of the patient ID comparison, the first controller writes the priority data, which is stored in the apparatus with the highest priority into apparatuses other than the apparatus with the highest priority within the first and second group of apparatuses, based on the priority set in advance regarding various apparatuses within the first or second group of apparatuses.

12. The surgery system according to claim 11, wherein the first controller erases the patient ID data stored in the various apparatuses of the first and second groups of apparatuses when the electrical power of the surgery system including the group of apparatuses is detected as being turned off.

13. The surgery system according to claim 9, wherein the multiple medical apparatuses include an endoscope camera device.