Technical medical system and method for operating it

• US 8,498,868 B2
• Filed: 08/06/2007
• Issued: 07/30/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Siemens Healthineers AG (Siemens AG)
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Hrnig, Mathias
• Primary Examiner(s): GUERRA-ERAZO, EDGAR X
• Application Number:
  US11/890,401
• Publication Number:
  US 20080039818A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,185 Days
• Field of Search: 704/270, 704/270.1, 704/275, 600/300, 600/301, 600/601, 600/463
• US Class Current: 704/270
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/10 Safety means specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/12 Arrangements for detecting or locating foreign bodies
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for operating a technical medical system during a medical procedure, wherein a parameter correlated with the quality of the performance of the procedure is continuously registered while the procedure is being performed, the parameter is evaluated based on a quality criterion correlated with the procedure'"'"'s fault-free performance, and an auxiliary procedure for the medical procedure is initiated as soon as the parameter has violated the quality criterion. The invention also relates to a technical medical system for performing a medical procedure according to the inventive method.

Claims

1. A computerized method for operating a medical system by an operator during a procedure, comprising:

continuously registering a parameter correlated with a quality of a performance of the procedure while performing the procedure wherein the parameter comprises counting the number of times a step in the procedure is repeated;

evaluating the parameter based on a predetermined quality criterion correlated with a fault-free performance of the procedure step wherein the procedure is performed fault free when the total number of times the procedure step is performed does not exceed a predetermined maximum number of times that the procedure step is performed;

detecting motion made by the operator for actuating a control of the medical system wherein actuation of the control directs operation of a device used in the procedure and generates the parameter;

initiating an auxiliary procedure when the parameter violates the predetermined quality criterion for performing the procedure step correctly; and

providing a computer for performing the steps of continuously registering a parameter, evaluating the parameter and initiating an auxiliary procedure wherein the parameter is stored in the computer.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the parameter comprises a number of interactions between the operator and the medical system.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the predetermined quality criterion is a maximum number of the interactions.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the parameter comprises a noise level in an area around the medical system.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the noise level comprises a number of voice commands uttered by the operator.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the predetermined quality criterion is selected from the group consisting of:

a sequence of therapeutic steps during the procedure, and a duration of a therapeutic step, and how often a therapeutic step is repeated.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the auxiliary procedure comprises displaying a user prompt specifically tailored to the procedure to the operator.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the auxiliary procedure comprises adjusting an ambient condition of the medical system to a need of the operator.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the auxiliary procedure comprises accommodating a communication scenario around the medical system to the operator.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the auxiliary procedure comprises making a support personnel available to the operator.

11. A computerized medical system operated by an operator for performing a procedure currently being performed, comprising:

a registering unit that continuously registers a parameter correlated with a quality of a performance of the procedure while performing the procedure wherein the parameter comprises counting the number of times a step in the procedure is repeated; and

an evaluation and control unit that;

evaluates the parameter based on a predetermined quality criterion correlated with a fault-free performance of the procedure step wherein the procedure is performed fault-free when the total number of times the procedure step is performed does not exceed a predetermined maximum number of times that the procedure step is performed;

initiates an auxiliary procedure when the parameter violates the predetermined quality criterion for performing the procedure step correctly;

a detector for detecting motion made by the operator for actuating a control of the medical system wherein actuation of the control directs operation of a device used in the procedure and generates the parameter; and

a computer for operating the registering unit and the evaluation and control unit wherein the parameter is stored in the computer.

12. The medical system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the registering unit is a counter and the parameter is a number of operator interactions with the system.

13. The medical system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the predetermined quality criterion is a maximum number of the interactions.

14. The medical system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the registering unit is a microphone and the parameter is a noise level in an area around the medical system.

15. The medical system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the registering unit is a detector that identifies a currently performed therapeutic step.

16. The medical system as claimed in claim 15, wherein the predetermined quality criterion is selected from the group consisting of:

a sequence of therapeutic steps during the procedure, and a duration of a therapeutic step, and how often a therapeutic step is repeated.

17. The medical system as claimed in claim 11, further comprising a user-prompting unit and the auxiliary procedure comprises displaying a user prompt specifically tailored to the procedure to the operator.

18. The medical system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the evaluation and control unit comprises an interface to an air-conditioning or lighting-control facility and the auxiliary procedure comprises adjusting an ambient condition of the medical system to a need of the operator.

19. The medical system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the evaluation and control unit comprises an interface to a communication unit for the operator and the auxiliary procedure comprises accommodating a communication scenario around the medical system to the operator.

20. The medical system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the evaluation and control unit comprises an interface to a personnel-administration device and the auxiliary procedure comprises making a support personnel available to the operator.