System and method for the modification of surgical procedures using a graphical drag and drop interface
First Claim
1. A method for modification of a surgical procedure, comprising:
- providing a Graphical User Interface (GUI) on a touch screen of a surgical console, said GUI comprising a representation of the surgical procedure and representations of one or more surgical steps;
receiving an indication that the representation of the surgical procedure has been modified by a user through dragging and dropping representations of surgical steps using the GUI on the touch screen;
detecting that the representation of the surgical procedure has been modified by addition or removal of a representation of a surgical step to/from the representation of the surgical procedure; and
modifying the surgical procedure to correspond to the modified representation of the surgical procedure.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for allowing a user to modify a surgical procedure. An embodiment of the method of the present invention can include: providing a GUI on a touch screen of a surgical console, said GUI comprising a representation of the surgical procedure and representations of one or more surgical steps, wherein the GUI allows a user to modify the representation of the surgical procedure by dragging and dropping representations of surgical steps using the touch screen; detecting that the representation of the surgical procedure has been modified; and modifying the surgical procedure to correspond to the modified representation of the surgical procedure.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for modification of a surgical procedure, comprising:
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providing a Graphical User Interface (GUI) on a touch screen of a surgical console, said GUI comprising a representation of the surgical procedure and representations of one or more surgical steps; receiving an indication that the representation of the surgical procedure has been modified by a user through dragging and dropping representations of surgical steps using the GUI on the touch screen; detecting that the representation of the surgical procedure has been modified by addition or removal of a representation of a surgical step to/from the representation of the surgical procedure; and modifying the surgical procedure to correspond to the modified representation of the surgical procedure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A surgical system comprising:
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a touch screen display; a surgical console; and a controller coupled to the touch screen display and the surgical console, the controller configured to; provide a Graphical User Interface (GUI) on the touch screen display, said GUI comprising a representation of a surgical procedure and representations of one or more surgical steps; receive an indication that the representation of the surgical procedure has been modified by a user through dragging and dropping representations of surgical steps using the GUI on the touch screen; detect that the representation of the surgical procedure has been modified by addition or removal of a surgical step to/from the representation of the surgical procedure; and modify the surgical procedure implemented by the surgical console to correspond to the modified representation of the surgical procedure. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product comprising a set of computer instructions stored on a computer readable medium, said set of computer instructions comprising instructions executable by a processor to:
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provide a Graphical User Interface (GUI) on a touch screen of a surgical console, said GUI comprising a representation of a surgical procedure and representations of one or more surgical steps; receive an indication that the representation of the surgical procedure has been modified by a user through dragging and dropping representations of surgical steps using the GUI on the touch screen; detect that the representation of the surgical procedure has been modified by addition or removal of a surgical step to/from the representation of the surgical procedure; and modify the surgical procedure implemented by the surgical console to correspond to the modified representation of the surgical procedure. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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