System for controlling medical devices
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1. A system which controls ancillary medical devices, comprising:
- a surgical network;
an input device, connected to said surgical network, which inputs a medical command;
a controller, connected to said surgical network, which receives the medical command and generates corresponding medical command data;
a translator, connected to said surgical network, which receives the medical command data via said surgical network and translates the medical command data;
at least one ancillary medical device, in communication with said translator via an ancillary network, which receives the translated medical command data and carries out the corresponding medical command; and
a data stream, generated by at least one of said at least one ancillary medical devices and communicated to said translator via said ancillary network, with a higher bandwidth than said surgical network is capable of transmitting.
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A system for controlling medical devices is disclosed, generally comprising a surgical network, an input device for entering a medical command, a controller for generating medical command data, and a translator for communicating with at least one ancillary device, where the ancillary device is either a device that is not compatible with the surgical network or is a device that generates high-bandwidth data. In some embodiments, the ancillary device is connected via Ethernet for high-bandwidth data transmission or via Bluetooth for wireless control.
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1. A system which controls ancillary medical devices, comprising:
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a surgical network; an input device, connected to said surgical network, which inputs a medical command; a controller, connected to said surgical network, which receives the medical command and generates corresponding medical command data; a translator, connected to said surgical network, which receives the medical command data via said surgical network and translates the medical command data; at least one ancillary medical device, in communication with said translator via an ancillary network, which receives the translated medical command data and carries out the corresponding medical command; and a data stream, generated by at least one of said at least one ancillary medical devices and communicated to said translator via said ancillary network, with a higher bandwidth than said surgical network is capable of transmitting. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system which controls ancillary medical devices, comprising:
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a surgical network; an input device, connected to said surgical network, which inputs a medical command; a controller, connected to said surgical network, which receives the medical command and generates corresponding medical command data; a translator, connected to said surgical network, which receives the medical command data via said surgical network and translates the medical command data; at least one ancillary medical device not connectable to said surgical network, in communication with said translator via an ancillary network, which receives the translated medical command data and carries out the corresponding medical command; and feedback data generated by said at least one ancillary medical device and communicated to said translator via said ancillary network. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A system for controlling both primary medical devices, which are part of a surgical network, and ancillary medical devices, comprising:
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a surgical network; an input device, connected to said surgical network, which inputs a medical command; a controller, connected to said surgical network;
which receives the medical command and generates corresponding medical command data;at least one primary medical device, connected to said surgical network, having a first translator which receives the medical command data via said surgical network and translates the medical command data; at least one ancillary medical device, in communication with the first translator, which receives the translated medical command data and carries out the corresponding medical command; a data stream, generated by at least one of said at least one ancillary medical devices, with a higher bandwidth than said surgical network is capable of transmitting; and a second translator, in communication both with said surgical network and with an ancillary network, which receives said data stream via said ancillary network and translates said data stream.
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39. A system which controls both primary medical devices, which are part of a surgical network, and ancillary medical devices, comprising:
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a surgical network; an input device, connected to said surgical network, which inputs a medical command; a controller, connected to said surgical network, which receives the medical command and generates corresponding medical command data; at least one primary medical device, connected to said surgical network, having a first translator which receives the medical command data via said surgical network and translates the medical command data; at least one ancillary medical device not connectable to said surgical network, connected to said first translator, which receives the translated medical command data and carries out the corresponding medical command; feedback data generated by said at least one ancillary medical device; and
a second translator, in communication both with said surgical network and with an ancillary network, which receives said feedback data via said ancillary network and translates said feedback data.
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40. A system which controls medical devices, comprising:
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a surgical network; an input device, connected to said surgical network, which inputs a medical command; a controller, connected to said surgical network, which receives the medical command and generates corresponding medical command data; an ancillary network; a medical device connected to said surgical network, said device having a first interface, by which said medical device is connected to said surgical network and by which said medical device receives the command data via said surgical network, and a second interface, by which said medical device is in communication with said ancillary network; and a data stream, generated by said medical device and communicated to said ancillary network, with a higher bandwidth than said surgical network is capable of transmitting.
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41. A method for controlling ancillary medical devices, the method comprising:
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providing a surgical network; entering a medical command into the surgical network; generating corresponding medical command data; communicating the medical command data via the surgical network; translating the medical command data; communicating the translated medical command data to an ancillary medical device; executing the corresponding medical command with the ancillary medical device; generating a data stream, having a higher bandwidth than the surgical network is capable of transmitting, with the ancillary medical device; communicating the data stream via an ancillary network; translating the data stream; and
communicating the translated data stream to the surgical network. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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61. A method for controlling ancillary medical devices, the method comprising:
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providing a surgical network; entering a medical command into the surgical network; generating corresponding medical command data; communicating the medical command data via the surgical network; translating the medical command data; communicating the translated medical command data to an ancillary medical device that is not connectable to the surgical network; executing the corresponding medical command with the ancillary medical device; generating feedback data with the ancillary medical device; communicating the feedback data via an ancillary network; translating the feedback data; and communicating the translated feedback data to the surgical network. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77)
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78. A method for controlling medical devices, the method comprising:
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providing a surgical network; providing an ancillary network; providing a medical device having a first interface and a second interface; entering a medical command into the surgical network; generating corresponding medical command data; communicating the medical command to the medical device via the first interface via the surgical network; executing the medical command with the medical device; generating a data stream, having a higher bandwidth than said surgical network is capable of transmitting, with the medical device; and communicating the data stream to the ancillary network via the second interface.
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