Medical operation system for verifying and analyzing a medical operation

• US 8,154,589 B2
• Filed: 02/10/2006
• Issued: 04/10/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/10/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Original Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Inventors: Ozaki, Takashi, Uchikubo, Akinobu, Tashiro, Koichi, Nakamura, Takeaki, Gotanda, Masakazu, Imamiya, Chie
• Primary Examiner(s): HERNANDEZ, NELSON D
• Application Number:
  US11/351,807
• Publication Number:
  US 20060242096A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,251 Days
• Field of Search: 128/898, 600/103, 600/522, 600/501, 600/118, 348/65, 348/74
• US Class Current: 348/65
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 18/1485 having a short rigid shaft for accessing the inner body through natural openings
• 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 34/10 Computer-aided planning, simulation or modelling of surgical operations
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/06 Measuring instruments not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/39391 Visual servoing, track end effector with camera image feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/45117 Medical, radio surgery manipulator

Abstract

A medical operation system includes a controller for controlling a plurality of medical equipments, a communication unit for transmitting and receiving data between each of the plurality of medical equipments and the controller in two-way communications, an information recorder which records, together with time information, information regarding the plurality of medical equipments transmitted and received by the communication unit, a signal processor which extracts predetermined information from the information recorded on the information recorder and processes the predetermined information to generate time-series data, and a display output unit for visualizing the time-series data output from the signal processor and outputting the visualized time-series data to a display.

Claims

1. A medical operation system comprising:

a controller for controlling a plurality of surgical equipments;

a communication unit for transmitting and receiving data between each of the plurality of surgical equipments and the controller in two-way communications;

an information recorder which records, together with time information, patient information representing a state of patient and surgical equipment information to be used for a preset surgery in the plurality of surgical equipments transmitted and received by the communication unit;

a signal processor which extracts predetermined information from the information recorded on the information recorder and processes the predetermined information to generate time-series data which changes on time axis;

a display output unit for visualizing surgical equipment information in the time-series data output from the signal processor and outputting the visualized time-series data to a display; and

an instruction portion capable of specifying operations on a display screen of the display outputted by the display output unit,

wherein the controller includes;

an extraction unit for extracting the patient information corresponding to the arbitrary location of the surgical equipment information on the display screen, the arbitrary location being specified by the instruction portion; and

a display switching unit for switching to display the patient information extracted by the extraction unit on the display screen instead of the surgical equipment information when specified by the instruction portion.

2. The medical operation system according to claim 1, wherein the controller displays switching between the patient information screen for displaying the patient information and surgical equipment information screen for displaying the surgical equipment information.

3. The medical operation system according to claim 1,

wherein the time-series data comprises waveform data.

4. A medical operation system comprising:

a controller for controlling a plurality of surgical equipments;

a communication unit for transmitting and receiving data between each of the plurality of surgical equipments and the controller in two-way communications;

an information recorder which records, together with time information, patient information representing a state of patient and surgical equipment information to be used for a preset surgery in the plurality of surgical equipments transmitted and received by the communication unit;

a signal processor which extracts predetermined information from the information recorded on the information recorder and processes the predetermined information to generate time-series data which changes on time axis;

a display output unit for visualizing surgical equipment information in the time-series data output from the signal processor and outputting the visualized time-series data to a display; and

an instruction portion capable of specifying operations on a display screen of the display outputted by the display output unit,

wherein the controller includes;

an extraction unit for extracting the patient information corresponding to the arbitrary location of the surgical equipment information on the display screen, the arbitrary location being specified by the instruction portion; and

a superimposing unit for providing an on-screen display of a patient information screen for displaying the patient information on a surgical equipment information screen for displaying the surgical equipment information.

5. A medical operation system comprising:

a controller for controlling a plurality of surgical equipments;

a communication unit for transmitting and receiving data between each of the plurality of surgical equipments and the controller in two-way communications;

an information recorder which records, together with time information, patient information representing a state of patient and surgical equipment information to be used for a preset surgery in the plurality of surgical equipments, transmitted and received by the communication unit;

a signal processor which extracts predetermined information from the information recorded on the information recorder and processes the predetermined information to generate time-series data which changes on a time axis;

a display output unit for visualizing surgical equipment information in the time-series data output from the signal processor and outputting the visualized time-series data to a display; and

a setting unit capable of setting a threshold value to a predetermined surgical equipment information,

wherein the controller includes;

a comparison unit for comparing a threshold value set by the setting unit with a value of the extracted surgical equipment information;

an extraction unit for automatically extracting the patient information of a display location recognized based on the result of comparison; and

a display switching unit for switching to display the patient information extracted by the extraction unit on the display screen instead of the surgical equipment information.

6. The medical operation system according to claim 5, wherein the time-series data comprises waveform data.

7. A medical operation system comprising;

control means for controlling a plurality of surgical equipments in response to a control instruction;

communication means for transmitting and receiving data between each of the plurality of surgical equipments and the control means;

information recording means for recording, together with time information, patient information representing a state of a patient and surgical equipment information to be used for a preset surgery in the plurality of surgical equipments, transmitted from and received by the communication means;

signal processing means for extracting required predetermined information from the information recorded on the information recording means and processing the predetermined information to generate time-series data which changes on a time axis;

display output means for visualizing surgical equipment information in the time-series data and outputting the visualized time-series data to a display; and

instruction means capable of specifying operations on a display screen of the display outputted by the display output means,

wherein the control means includes;

extraction means for extracting the patient information corresponding to the arbitrary location of the surgical equipment information on the display screen, the arbitrary location being specified by the instruction means; and

display switching means for switching to display the patient information extracted by the extraction means on the display screen instead of the surgical equipment information when specified by the instruction means.

8. The medical operation system according to claim 7, wherein the control means displays switching between the patient information screen for displaying the patient information and surgical equipment information screen for displaying the waveform data.

9. The medical operation system according to claim 7,

wherein the time-series data comprises waveform data.

10. A medical operation system comprising;

control means for controlling a plurality of surgical equipments in response to a control instruction;

communication means for transmitting and receiving data between each of the plurality of surgical equipments and the control means;

information recording means for recording, together with time information, patient information representing a state of a patient and surgical equipment information to be used for a preset surgery in the plurality of surgical equipments, transmitted from and received by the communication means;

signal processing means for extracting required predetermined information from the information recorded on the information recording means and processing the predetermined information to generate time-series data which changes on a time axis;

display output means for visualizing surgical equipment information in the time-series data and outputting the visualized time-series data to a display; and

instruction means capable of specifying operations on a display screen of the display outputted by the display output means,

wherein the control means includes;

extraction means for extracting the patient information corresponding to the arbitrary location of the surgical equipment information on the display screen, the arbitrary location being specified by the instruction means; and

superimposing means for providing an on-screen display of a patient information screen for displaying the patient information on a surgical equipment information screen.

11. A medical operation system comprising:

control means for controlling a plurality of surgical equipments;

communication means for transmitting and receiving data between each of the plurality of surgical equipments and the control means in two-way communications;

information recording means which records, together with time information, patient information representing a sate of patient and surgical equipment information to be used for a preset surgery in the plurality of surgical equipments transmitted and received by the communication means;

signal processing means which extracts predetermined information from the information recorded on the information recording means and processes the predetermined information to generate time-series data which changes on a time axis;

display output means for visualizing surgical equipment information in the time-series data output from the signal processing means and outputting the visualized time-series data to a display; and

setting means capable of setting a threshold value to a predetermined surgical equipment information;

wherein the control means includes;

comparison means for comparing a threshold value set by the setting means with a value of the extracted surgical equipment information;

extraction means for automatically extracting the patient information of a display location recognized based on a result of comparison; and

display switching means for switching to display the patient information extracted by the extraction means on the display screen instead of the surgical equipment information.

12. The medical operation system according to claim 11, wherein the time-series data comprises waveform data.