Distributed medical sensing system and method
First Claim
1. A distributed medical sensing system, comprising:
- a first medical sensing device configured to collect and timestamp first medical sensing data;
a second medical sensing device configured to collect and timestamp second medical sensing data, the first and second medical sensing devices being located in a first sterile field and being associated with different medical sensing modalities;
a hub communicatively coupled to the first and second medical sensing devices and including a real-time clock, the hub being configured to transmit synchronization signals to the first and second medical sensing devices based on the real-time clock, wherein the first and second medical sensing devices are configured to respectively timestamp the first and second medical sensing data based on the synchronization signals received from the hub;
a bedside controller communicatively coupled to the hub and configured to provide user control of the first and second medical sensing devices, wherein the bedside controller includes a touch screen display configured to provide a first graphical user interface (GUI) corresponding to at least one of the first and second medical sensing devices such that a first aspect of a medical workflow associated with the sterile field is controllable with a user input via the first GUI, wherein the first GUI is automatically provided in response to at least one of the first and second medical sensing devices being communicatively coupled to the hub, and wherein the at least one of the first and second medical sensing devices collects medical sensing data in response to a corresponding user input received at the bedside controller via the first GUI;
a control room controller communicatively coupled to the hub and disposed outside of the sterile field, wherein the control room controller is configured to provide a second GUI such that a second aspect of the medical workflow associated with the sterile field is controllable with a user input via the second GUI, wherein the bedside controller and the control room controller are configured to simultaneously control the first and second aspects of the medical workflow in response to respective first and second user inputs associated with the first and second aspects of the medical workflow in the first sterile field, wherein the first and second aspects of the medical workflow are different; and
a centralized computer communicatively coupled to the hub, wherein the centralized computer is configured to receive the first and second medical sensing data from the hub and temporally co-register the first and second medical sensing data based on the timestamps attached thereto.
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Abstract
A distributed medical sensing system including a first body sensing device configured to sense medical characteristics, the first body sensing device being located in a first sterile field and a second body sensing device configured to sense medical characteristics, the second body sensing device being located in a second sterile field, the second sterile field being spaced from the first sterile field. The system also includes a computing device outside of the first and second sterile fields and communicatively coupled to the first and second body sensing devices, the computing device configured to respectively receive first and second medical characteristic data from the first and second body sensing devices, process the first and second medical characteristic data, and transmit the processed first and second medical characteristic data to respective first and second user interface devices.
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28 Claims
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1. A distributed medical sensing system, comprising:
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a first medical sensing device configured to collect and timestamp first medical sensing data; a second medical sensing device configured to collect and timestamp second medical sensing data, the first and second medical sensing devices being located in a first sterile field and being associated with different medical sensing modalities; a hub communicatively coupled to the first and second medical sensing devices and including a real-time clock, the hub being configured to transmit synchronization signals to the first and second medical sensing devices based on the real-time clock, wherein the first and second medical sensing devices are configured to respectively timestamp the first and second medical sensing data based on the synchronization signals received from the hub; a bedside controller communicatively coupled to the hub and configured to provide user control of the first and second medical sensing devices, wherein the bedside controller includes a touch screen display configured to provide a first graphical user interface (GUI) corresponding to at least one of the first and second medical sensing devices such that a first aspect of a medical workflow associated with the sterile field is controllable with a user input via the first GUI, wherein the first GUI is automatically provided in response to at least one of the first and second medical sensing devices being communicatively coupled to the hub, and wherein the at least one of the first and second medical sensing devices collects medical sensing data in response to a corresponding user input received at the bedside controller via the first GUI; a control room controller communicatively coupled to the hub and disposed outside of the sterile field, wherein the control room controller is configured to provide a second GUI such that a second aspect of the medical workflow associated with the sterile field is controllable with a user input via the second GUI, wherein the bedside controller and the control room controller are configured to simultaneously control the first and second aspects of the medical workflow in response to respective first and second user inputs associated with the first and second aspects of the medical workflow in the first sterile field, wherein the first and second aspects of the medical workflow are different; and a centralized computer communicatively coupled to the hub, wherein the centralized computer is configured to receive the first and second medical sensing data from the hub and temporally co-register the first and second medical sensing data based on the timestamps attached thereto. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of collecting medical data, comprising:
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coupling a bedside controller and a control room controller to a hub, wherein the bedside controller is disposed within a sterile field and the control room controller is disposed outside the sterile field; coupling a first body sensing device to the hub, the first body sensing device including a first sensor disposed thereon; coupling a second body sensing device to the hub, the second body sensing device including a second sensor disposed thereon, the first and second body sensing devices being associated with different sensing modalities, wherein the bedside controller includes a touch screen display configured to provide a first graphical user interface (GUI) corresponding to at least one of the first and second body sensing devices such that a first aspect of a medical workflow associated with the sterile field is controllable with a user input via the first GUI, and wherein the first GUI is automatically provided in response at least one of the first and second body sensing devices being coupled to the hub, and wherein the control room controller is configured to provide a second GUI such that a second aspect of the medical workflow associated with the sterile field is controllable with a user input via the second GUI, wherein the bedside controller and the control room controller are configured to simultaneously control the first and second aspects of the medical workflow in the sterile field in response to respective first and second user inputs associated with the first and second aspects of the medical workflow, wherein the first and second aspects of the medical workflow are different; receiving, at the hub, a master time synchronization signal from a centralized computing device including a master real-time clock, the centralized computing device being configured to synchronize a real-time clock of the hub with the master real-time clock; transmitting, with the hub, initialization messages to the first and second body sensing devices communicatively coupled to the hub to reset respective timestamps in the first and second body sensing devices; synchronizing, with the hub, the timestamps of the first and second body sensing devices so that each reports the same timestamp in response to a request from the hub; transmitting, with the hub, a start message to the first and second medical body sensing devices in response to a corresponding user input received at the bedside controller via the first GUI, the start message causing the first and second medical sensing devices to begin acquisition of medical sensing data at a common time; and receiving, at the hub, first medical data having a first timestamp from the first body sensing device and second medical data having a second timestamp from the second body sensing device, wherein the first timestamp and the second timestamp are the same if the first and second medical data were collected concurrently. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A distributed medical sensing system, comprising:
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a centralized computer configured to process medical sensing data received over a communication network, the centralized computer including a grandmaster time server; a hub communicatively coupled to the centralized computer via the communication network, the hub including a master time server that is synchronized to the grandmaster time server; a first medical sensing device communicatively coupled to the hub and configured to collect first medical data associated with a first medical sensing modality, the first medical sensing device being a first time client of the master time server; and a second medical sensing device communicatively coupled to the hub and configured to collect second medical data associated with a second medical sensing modality different than the first medical sensing modality, the second medical sensing device being a second time client of the master time server, wherein the hub is configured to synchronize collection of the first and second medical sensing data using the master time server, wherein the hub is further configured to associate timestamps with the first and second medical data as it is received from the first and second medical sensing devices, the timestamps being based on the master time server, and wherein the centralized computer is further configured to receive the first and second medical data from the hub and temporally co-register the first and second medical data based on the timestamps attached thereto; a bedside controller communicatively coupled to the hub, wherein the bedside controller is configured to control the first and second medical sensing devices, wherein the bedside controller includes a touch screen display configured to provide a first graphical user interface (GUI) corresponding to at least one of the first and second medical sensing devices such that a first aspect of a medical workflow is controllable with a user input via the first GUI, and wherein the first GUI is automatically provided in response to the at least one of the first and second medical sensing devices being communicatively coupled to the hub, and wherein the at least one of the first and second medical sensing devices collects medical data in response to a corresponding user input received at the bedside controller via the first GUI; a control room controller configured to provide a second GUI such that a second aspect of the medical workflow associated is controllable with a user input via the second GUI, wherein the bedside controller and the control room controller are configured to simultaneously control the first and second aspects of the medical workflow in response to respective first and second user inputs associated with the first and second aspects of the medical workflow, wherein the first and second aspects of the medical workflow are different. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28)
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