Network based endoscopic surgical system
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1. A network based surgical system comprising:
- a first medical device having a first network interface, the first medical device being an endoscope camera;
a second medical device having a second network interface, the second medical device being one of an endoflator, a thermoflator, an electro-surgical unit, and a surgical table;
a communications network over which said first medical device, through the first network interface, and said second medical device, through the second network interface, are communicable;
wherein the first network interface and the second network interface employ a single Ethernet protocol for communicating device command data and video data over said communications network, wherein said single Ethernet protocol is one of Gigabit Ethernet, 10 gigabit Ethernet, and 100 gigabit Ethernet; and
wherein the first network interface has a maximum throughput of at least 1 gigabit/second and greater than a maximum throughput of the second network interface.
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Abstract
A network based surgical system including a first medical device having a first network interface, a second medical device having a second network interface, a communications network over which the first medical device, through the first network interface, and the second medical device, through the second network interface, are communicable, wherein the first network interface and the second network interface employ the same network protocol for communicating over the communications network, and wherein the first network interface has a maximum throughput greater than a maximum throughput of the second network interface.
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1. A network based surgical system comprising:
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a first medical device having a first network interface, the first medical device being an endoscope camera; a second medical device having a second network interface, the second medical device being one of an endoflator, a thermoflator, an electro-surgical unit, and a surgical table; a communications network over which said first medical device, through the first network interface, and said second medical device, through the second network interface, are communicable; wherein the first network interface and the second network interface employ a single Ethernet protocol for communicating device command data and video data over said communications network, wherein said single Ethernet protocol is one of Gigabit Ethernet, 10 gigabit Ethernet, and 100 gigabit Ethernet; and wherein the first network interface has a maximum throughput of at least 1 gigabit/second and greater than a maximum throughput of the second network interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 18)
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5. A network based surgical system comprising:
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a first medical device having a first network interface, the first medical device being an endoscope camera; a second medical device having a second network interface, the second medical device being one of an endoflator, a thermoflator, an electro-surgical unit, and a surgical table; a communications network over which said first medical device, through the first network interface, and said second medical device, through the second network interface, are communicable; wherein the first network interface and the second network interface employ a single network protocol for communicating device command data and video data over said communications network; wherein the first network interface has a maximum throughput greater than a maximum throughput of the second network interface; wherein said first medical device is a video camera; and wherein said first medical device streams uncompressed video data via the first network interface to said communications network at a data rate of at least 1 gigabit/second. - View Dependent Claims (6, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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11. A network based surgical system comprising:
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an endoscopic video camera having a first network interface; two or more medical devices each having a second network interface, the two or more medical devices including at least one of an endoflator, a thermoflator, an electro-surgical unit, and a surgical table; a communications network over which said video camera, through the first network interface, and said second medical devices, through the second network interfaces, are communicable; wherein said communications network includes at least one network switch for sending and receiving data between the video camera and two or more medical devices; wherein the first network interface and the second network interface employ a single network protocol for communicating device command data and video data over said communications network; and wherein the first network interface has a maximum data rate greater than a maximum data rate of the second network interfaces; and wherein the maximum data rate of the first network interface is at least 1 gigabit/second; wherein said video camera streams uncompressed digital video data via said communications network. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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