Independent surgical center

• US 8,177,776 B2
• Filed: 04/21/2008
• Issued: 05/15/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Doheny Eye Institute
• Original Assignee: Doheny Eye Institute
• Inventors: Humayun, Mark, DeBoer, Charles, Kerns, Ralph, McCormick, Matthew, Bhadri, Prashant, Chong, Lawrence
• Primary Examiner(s): Hughes, S. Thomas
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cronin, Ashley
• Application Number:
  US12/107,038
• Publication Number:
  US 20080281254A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,485 Days
• Field of Search: 433/77, 433/79, 433 98-101, 604/22, 606/107, 606/171, 606/174, 606/167, 623/6.12, 623/905, 340/572.1, 206/210, 206/363, 206/370, 206/564, 206/572, 235/435, 235/451
• US Class Current: 606/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 18/1206 Generators therefor
• 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 2017/00225 Systems for controlling multiple different instruments, e.g. microsurgical systems
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/0023 disposable
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00544 pneumatically
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00734 battery operated
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2018/00601 Cutting
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2050/3008 having multiple compartments
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 50/33 Trays
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/30 Devices for illuminating a surgical field, the devices having an interrelation with other surgical devices or with a surgical procedure
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/98 using electromagnetic means, e.g. transponders
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 9/00736 Instruments for removal of intra-ocular material or intra-ocular injection, e.g. cataract instruments A61F9/008 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 9/00745 using mechanical vibrations, e.g. ultrasonic

Abstract

A portable surgical tray unit can include a portable surgical tray for housing a processing unit, and that includes an opening extending entirely therethrough. The portable surgical tray unit can also include a plurality of instruments connected to the portable surgical tray and operably coupled to the processing unit, and a user input device positioned on at least one of the instruments. The user input device can be operably coupled to the processing unit and can be configured to receive a user input for controlling an operating parameter of one or more of the instruments. The processing unit can be configured to receive user input through the user input device and transmit an operating command to the one or more instruments. The portable surgical tray and the plurality of instruments can be sterilized and prepackaged in a single package.

Claims

1. A portable surgical tray unit comprising:

a portable surgical tray for housing a processing unit, the portable surgical tray comprising an opening extending entirely through the portable surgical tray from a top side of the portable surgical tray to a bottom side of the portable surgical tray, the opening configured to receive a surgical site;

a plurality of instruments connected to the portable surgical tray and operably coupled to the processing unit; and

a user input device positioned on at least one of the plurality of instruments, the user input device is operably coupled to the processing unit, the user input device is configured to receive a user input for controlling an operating parameter of one or more of the plurality of instruments,

wherein the processing unit is configured to receive user input through the user input device and transmit an operating command to the one or more of the plurality of instruments;

wherein the portable surgical tray and the plurality of instruments are sterilized and prepackaged in a single package.

2. The portable surgical tray unit of claim 1, wherein the plurality of instruments are electrical or pneumatic instruments associated with a surgical procedure.

3. The portable surgical tray unit of claim 2, wherein the surgical procedure is an ophthalmic surgical procedure.

4. The portable surgical tray unit of claim 2, wherein the surgical procedure includes biological tissue cutting and fluid aspiration.

5. The portable surgical tray unit of claim 2, wherein each of the plurality of instruments are sterile and useable within a sterile barrier during the surgical procedure.

6. The portable surgical tray unit of claim 2, wherein the plurality of instruments are configured to be used within a substantially sterile barrier during the surgical procedure and are further configured to be accessed by a substantially non-sterile assistant.

7. The portable surgical tray unit of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of instruments includes a second processing unit.

8. The portable surgical tray unit of claim 7, wherein the second processing unit is configured to establish communication between each of the plurality of instruments.

9. The portable surgical tray unit of claim 8, wherein the communication is wireless communication.

10. The portable surgical tray unit of claim 8, wherein the second processing unit is further configured to:

receive status updates from the plurality of instruments; and

communicate with status updates to a user of the portable surgical tray unit.

11. The portable surgical tray unit of claim 1, wherein the plurality of instruments further includes an infusion device.

12. The portable surgical tray unit of claim 1, wherein the plurality of instruments includes an illumination device.

13. The portable surgical tray unit of claim 1, wherein the processing unit is configured to execute program instructions comprising:

receiving a status update signal from at least one of the plurality of instruments; and

adjusting a status indicator associated with the one of the plurality of instruments based on the status update signal.

14. The portable surgical tray unit of claim 1, wherein the processing unit is housed in one of the plurality of handheld instruments.

15. The portable surgical tray unit of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of instruments includes a radio frequency identification tag to facilitate establishment of communication with the processing unit.