Tele-medicine system that transmits an entire state of a subsystem
First Claim
1. A tele-medicine system, comprising:
- a surgical instrument;
a robotic arm for manipulating the surgical instrument;
a first input device manipulatable by a first surgeon;
a second input device manipulatable by a second surgeon; and
a control system responsive to forward transmitted packets of information including destination fields indicative of the surgical instrument and data fields including sampled states of the first and second input devices to manipulate the surgical instrument according to a convex combination of the sampled states.
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Abstract
A tele-medicine system that includes an input device which can control a medical system. The input device may be the handle of a surgeon console. The medical system may include a robotically controlled medical device. A transmitter may transmit information relating to each state of the input device over a communication network. The medical system receives the transmitted state information through a receiver. The medical system changes state in response to the received state information from the input device. The system sends information relating to an entire state of the input device over a sample period to insure that the medical system receives all commands, data, etc. necessary to operate the system.
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1. A tele-medicine system, comprising:
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a surgical instrument; a robotic arm for manipulating the surgical instrument; a first input device manipulatable by a first surgeon; a second input device manipulatable by a second surgeon; and a control system responsive to forward transmitted packets of information including destination fields indicative of the surgical instrument and data fields including sampled states of the first and second input devices to manipulate the surgical instrument according to a convex combination of the sampled states. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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