Network based endoscopic surgical system
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1. A network based surgical system, comprising:
- an endoscope comprising a video camera, the endoscope having a first network interface incorporated therein;
a plurality of devices each having a second network interface incorporated therein, said devices including at least one of medical devices and operating room devices;
a communications network over which said endoscope, through the first network interface, and each of said plurality of devices, through the second network interfaces, are communicable;
the first network interface and the second network interfaces employing a single network protocol for communicating data and digital video over said communications network, the data including command data for controlling at least one of said endoscope and said plurality of devices; and
said endoscope streaming uncompressed digital video data through the first network interface and over said communications network at a data rate of at least 1 gigabit/second.
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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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an endoscope comprising a video camera, the endoscope having a first network interface incorporated therein; a plurality of devices each having a second network interface incorporated therein, said devices including at least one of medical devices and operating room devices; a communications network over which said endoscope, through the first network interface, and each of said plurality of devices, through the second network interfaces, are communicable; the first network interface and the second network interfaces employing a single network protocol for communicating data and digital video over said communications network, the data including command data for controlling at least one of said endoscope and said plurality of devices; and said endoscope streaming uncompressed digital video data through the first network interface and over said communications network at a data rate of at least 1 gigabit/second. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A network based surgical system, comprising:
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an endoscope comprising a video camera, the endoscope having a first network interface incorporated therein; a plurality of devices each having a second network interface incorporated therein, said devices including at least one device control unit or camera control unit; a communications network over which said endoscope, through the first network interface, and each of said plurality of devices, through the second network interfaces, are communicable; the first network interface and the second network interfaces employing a single network protocol for communicating data and digital video over said communications network, the data including command data for controlling at least one of said endoscope and said plurality of devices; the first network interface having a maximum throughput greater than a maximum throughput of at least one of the second network interfaces; and said endoscope streaming uncompressed digital video data through the first network interface and over said communications network at a data rate of at least 1 gigabit/second.
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