System and method for the modification of surgical procedures using a graphical drag and drop interface
First Claim
1. A method for the 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, 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, wherein modifying the representation of the surgical procedure comprises modifying the order of steps in the surgical procedure by rearranging the representations of the steps in the GUI by dragging and dropping the representations of the steps;
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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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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15 Claims
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1. A method for the 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, 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, wherein modifying the representation of the surgical procedure comprises modifying the order of steps in the surgical procedure by rearranging the representations of the steps in the GUI by dragging and dropping the representations of the steps; 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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. 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 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, wherein modifying the representation of the surgical procedure comprises modifying the order of steps in the surgical procedure by rearranging the representations of the steps in the GUI by dragging and dropping the representations of the steps; detect that the representation of the surgical procedure has been modified; and modify the surgical procedure implemented by the surgical console to correspond to the modified representation of the surgical procedure. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. 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 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, wherein modifying the representation of the surgical procedure comprises modifying the order of steps in the surgical procedure by rearranging the representations of the steps in the GUI by dragging and dropping the representations of the steps; detect that the representation of the surgical procedure has been modified; and modify the surgical procedure implemented by the surgical console to correspond to the modified representation of the surgical procedure. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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