CENTRAL COMMUNICATION CONTROLLER AND STORAGE DEVICE FOR STORAGE AND STATE PARAMETERS AND A SURGICAL

专利摘要:
the present invention relates to several central surgical controllers. a central surgical controller comprises a storage device; a processor coupled to the storage device; and a memory attached to the processor. the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to: receive data from a surgical instrument coupled to the central surgical controller; and determining a speed at which to transfer data from the central surgical controller to a remote, cloud-based medical analysis network based on the available storage capacity of the storage device.
公开号:BR112020012849A2
申请号:R112020012849-0
申请日:2018-07-30
公开日:2020-12-29
发明作者:Frederick E. Shelton Iv；Jason L. Harris；David C. Yates
申请人:Ethicon Llc；
IPC主号:

专利说明:

[0001] [0001] This application claims priority benefit under 35 USC 119 (e) to US provisional patent application serial number 62 / 649,294, entitled DATA STRIPPING METHOD TO INTERROGATE PATIENT RECORDS AND CREATE ANONYMIZED RECORD, filed on 28 March 2018, the description of which is incorporated in this document as a reference, in its entirety.
[0002] [0002] The present application claims priority under 35 USC 119 (e) of US provisional patent application serial number 62 / 611.341, entitled INTERACTIVE SURGICAL PLATFORM, filed on December 28, 2017, to the application for US Provisional Patent Serial No. 62 / 611,340, entitled CLOUD-BASED MEDICAL ANALYTICS, filed on December 28, 2017, and US Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 62 / 611,339, entitled ROBOT ASSISTED SURGICAL PLAT-FORM , filed on December 28, 2017, with the description of each of these in the present document incorporated by reference, in its entirety. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0003] [0003] The present invention relates to various surgical systems. Surgical procedures are typically performed in galleries or operating rooms in a health care facility, such as a hospital. A sterile field is typically created around the patient. The sterile field may include the members of the brush team, who are properly dressed, and all furniture and accessories in the area. Various surgical devices and systems are used to perform a surgical procedure. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0004] [0004] In a general aspect, a central surgical controller is provided. The central surgical controller comprises a storage device; a processor coupled to the storage device; and a memory attached to the processor. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to: receive data from a surgical instrument coupled to the central surgical controller; and determining a speed at which to transfer data from the central surgical controller to a remote, cloud-based medical analysis network based on the available storage capacity of the storage device.
[0005] [0005] In another general aspect, another central surgical controller with a method of data transmission is provided. The method transmits data from a central surgical controller to a remote, cloud-based medical analysis network. The central surgical controller comprises a storage device, a processor attached to the storage device and a memory attached to the processor. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor. The method comprises: receiving, by a processor, data from a surgical instrument coupled to the central surgical controller; and determine, through the processor, a speed at which to transfer data from the central surgical controller to the cloud-based remote medical analysis network based on the available storage capacity of a storage device coupled to the central surgical controller .
[0006] [0006] In yet another general aspect, computer-readable media is provided. Computer-readable media is non-transitory and stores computer-readable instructions that, when executed,
[0007] [0007] The features of various aspects are presented with particularity in the attached claims. The various aspects, however, with regard to both the organization and the methods of operation, together with objects and additional advantages of the same, can be better understood in reference to the description presented below, considered together with the drawings in attached, as follows.
[0008] [0008] Figure 1 is a block diagram of an interactive surgical system implemented by computer, in accordance with at least one aspect of the present invention.
[0009] [0009] Figure 2 is a surgical system being used to perform a surgical procedure in an operating room, according to at least one aspect of the present invention.
[0010] [0010] Figure 3 is a central surgical controller paired with a visualization system, a robotic system, and an intelligent instrument, in accordance with at least one aspect of the present invention.
[0011] [0011] Figure 4 is a partial perspective view of a compartment of the central surgical controller, and of a generator module in combination received slidingly in a compartment of the central surgical controller, according to at least one as - aspect of the present invention.
[0012] [0012] Figure 5 is a perspective view of a generator module in combination with bipolar, ultrasonic and monopolar contacts and a smoke evacuation component, in accordance with at least one aspect of the present invention.
[0013] [0013] Figure 6 illustrates different power bus connectors for a plurality of side coupling ports of a side modular cabinet configured to receive a plurality of modules, in accordance with at least one aspect of the present invention.
[0014] [0014] Figure 7 illustrates a vertical modular housing configured to receive a plurality of modules, according to at least one aspect of the present invention.
[0015] [0015] Figure 8 illustrates a surgical data network that comprises a central modular communication controller configured to connect modular devices located in one or more operating rooms of a health care facility, or any environment in a hospital. installation of public services specially equipped for surgical operations, to the cloud, in accordance with at least one aspect of the present invention.
[0016] [0016] Figure 9 illustrates an interactive surgical system implemented by computer, according to at least one aspect of the present invention.
[0017] [0017] Figure 10 illustrates a central surgical controller that comprises a plurality of modules coupled to the modular control tower, in accordance with at least one aspect of the present invention.
[0018] [0018] Figure 11 illustrates an aspect of a central controller device of the universal serial bus (USB) network, according to at least one aspect of the present invention.
[0019] [0019] Figure 12 illustrates a logical diagram of a control system for an instrument or surgical tool, according to at least one aspect of the present invention.
[0020] [0020] Figure 13 illustrates a control circuit configured to control aspects of the instrument or surgical tool, according to at least one aspect of the present invention.
[0021] [0021] Figure 14 illustrates a combinational logic circuit configured to control aspects of the instrument or surgical tool, according to at least one aspect of the present invention.
[0022] [0022] Figure 15 illustrates a sequential logic circuit configured to control aspects of the instrument or surgical tool, according to at least one aspect of the present invention.
[0023] [0023] Figure 16 illustrates an instrument or surgical tool that comprises a plurality of motors that can be activated to perform various functions, according to at least one aspect of the present invention.
[0024] [0024] Figure 17 is a schematic diagram of a robotic surgical instrument configured to operate a surgical tool described therein, in accordance with at least one aspect of the present invention.
[0025] [0025] Figure 18 illustrates a block diagram of a surgical instrument programmed to control the distal translation of the displacement member, according to an aspect of the present invention.
[0026] [0026] Figure 19 is a schematic diagram of a surgical instrument configured to control various functions, in accordance with at least one aspect of the present invention.
[0027] [0027] Figure 20 is a simplified block diagram of a generator configured to provide adjustment without inductor, among other benefits, according to at least one aspect of the present invention.
[0028] [0028] Figure 21 illustrates an example of a generator, which is a form of the generator of Figure 20, according to at least one aspect of the present invention.
[0029] [0029] Figure 22 is a diagram illustrating a technique for interacting with an electronic medical record (RME) database, in accordance with at least one aspect of the present invention.
[0030] [0030] Figure 23 illustrates a process of anonymizing a surgical procedure by substituting an artificial time measurement for a real time clock for all information stored internally within the instrument, robot, surgical controller cen - hospital computerized equipment and / or equipment, in accordance with at least one aspect of the present invention.
[0031] [0031] Figure 24 illustrates an ultrasonic sensor of an operating room wall to determine a distance between a central surgical controller and the operating room wall, in accordance with at least one aspect of the present invention.
[0032] [0032] Figure 25 illustrates a diagram representing the process of importing patient data stored in an electronic medical record (RME) database, extracting patient data and identifying implications of the smart device, according to at least one aspect of the present invention.
[0033] [0033] Figure 26 illustrates the application of cloud-based analysis for edited and extracted patient data and independent data pairs, in accordance with at least one aspect of the present invention.
[0034] [0034] Figure 27 is a logic flow diagram of a process that represents a control program or a logical configuration for associating patient data sets from a first and a second data source, according to the least one aspect of the present invention.
[0035] [0035] Figure 28 is a logic flow diagram of a process that represents a control program or a logical configuration for extracting data in order to extract relevant portions of the data to configure and operate the central surgical controller and modules (for example , instruments) coupled to the central surgical controller, in accordance with at least one aspect of the present invention.
[0036] [0036] Figure 29 illustrates a self-describing data package comprising self-describing data, in accordance with at least one aspect of the present invention.
[0037] [0037] Figure 30 is a logic flow diagram of a process representing a control program or a logical configuration for using data packages that comprise self-describing data, in accordance with at least one aspect of the present invention.
[0038] [0038] Figure 31 is a logic flow diagram of a process that represents a control program or a logical configuration for using data packages that comprise self-describing data, in accordance with at least one aspect of the present invention.
[0039] [0039] Figure 32 is a diagram of a tumor located in the upper right posterior lobe of the direct lung, according to at least one aspect of the present invention.
[0040] [0040] Figure 33 is a diagram of a surgical procedure for resection of a lung tumor that includes four separate shots of a surgical stapler to seal and cut exposed bronchial vessels in the fissure up to and from the upper and lower lobes. of the right lung shown in Figure 32, in accordance with at least one aspect of the present invention.
[0041] [0041] Figure 34 is a graphic illustration of a force to close (FTC) versus a time curve and a force to fire (FTF) versus a time curve that characterizes the first trigger of device 002 as shown in Figure 32, according to at least one aspect of the present invention.
[0042] [0042] Figure 35 is a diagram of a laser Doppler of the staple line visualization to assess the integrity of the staple line views by monitoring the blood flow.
[0043] [0043] Figure 36 illustrates a set of paired data grouped by surgery, according to at least one aspect of the present invention.
[0044] [0044] Figure 37 is a diagram of the right lung.
[0045] [0045] Figure 38 is a diagram of the bronchial tree that includes the trachea and bronchi of the lung.
[0046] [0046] Figure 39 is a logic flow diagram of a process that represents a control program or a logical configuration for storing anonymous paired data sets grouped by surgery, in accordance with at least one aspect of the present invention.
[0047] [0047] Figure 40 is a logic flow diagram of a process that represents a control program or a logical configuration to determine the speed, frequency and type of data to be transferred to a remote cloud-based analytical network, from according to at least one aspect of the present invention.
[0048] [0048] Figure 41 is a timeline that represents the situational perception of a central surgical controller, according to at least one aspect of the present invention. DESCRIPTION
[0049] [0049] The applicant for this application holds the following provisional US patent applications, filed on March 28, 2018, each of which is incorporated by reference in its entirety for reference in its entirety: ● Patent application US provisional serial number 62 / 649,302, entitled INTERACTIVE SURGICAL SYSTEMS WITH ENCRYPTED COMMUNICATION CAPABILITIES; ● US provisional patent application serial number 62 / 649,294, including
[0050] [0050] The applicant for this application holds the following US patent applications, filed on March 29, 2018, each of which is incorporated by reference in its entirety for reference in its entirety: ● US Patent Application Serial No. ____________, entitled INTERACTIVE SURGICAL SYSTEMS WITH ENCRYPTED COMMUNICATION CAPABILITIES; Attorney document number END8499USNP / 170766; ● US patent application serial number ____________, entitled
[0051] [0051] The applicant for this application holds the following US patent applications, filed on March 29, 2018, each of which is incorporated by reference in its entirety for reference in its entirety: ● US Patent Application Serial No. ____________, entitled ADAPTIVE CONTROL PROGRAM UPDATES FOR SURGICAL DEVICES; Attorney document number END8506USNP / 170773; ● US patent application serial number ____________, entitled ADAPTIVE CONTROL PROGRAM UPDATES FOR SURGICAL HUBS; Attorney document number END8506USNP1 / 170773-1; ● US patent application serial number ____________, entitled
[0052] [0052] The applicant for this application holds the following US patent applications, filed on March 29, 2018, each of which is incorporated by reference in its entirety for reference in its entirety: ● US Patent Application Serial No. ____________, entitled DRIVE ARRANGEMENTS FOR ROBOT-ASSISTED SURGICAL PLATFORMS; Attorney document number
[0053] [0053] Before explaining in detail the various aspects of surgical instruments and generators, it should be noted that the illustrative examples are not limited, in terms of application or use, to the details of construction and arrangement of parts illustrated in the descriptions in the attached description. The illustrative examples can be implemented or incorporated in other aspects, variations and modifications, and can be practiced or executed in several ways. Furthermore, except where otherwise indicated, the terms and expressions used in the present invention were chosen for the purpose of describing illustrative examples for the convenience of the reader and not for the purpose of limiting it. In addition, it should be understood that one or more of the aspects, expressions of aspects, and / or examples described below can be combined with any one or more of the other aspects, expressions of aspects and / or examples described below.
[0054] [0054] Referring to Figure 1, an interactive surgical system implemented by computer 100 includes one or more surgical systems 102 and a cloud-based system (for example, cloud 104 which may include a remote server 113 coupled to a device) storage volume 105). Each surgical system 102 includes at least one central surgical controller 106 in communication with the number 104 which can include a remote server 113. In one example, as illustrated in Figure 1, surgical system 102 includes a display system 108 , a robotic system 110, a portable and intelligent surgical instrument 112, which are configured to communicate with each other and / or the central controller 106. In some aspects, a surgical system 102 may include a number M for central controllers 106, N number for display systems 108, O number for robotic systems 110, and P number for portable intelligent surgical instruments 112, where M, N, O, and P are integers greater than or equal to one.
[0055] [0055] Figure 3 represents an example of a surgical system 102 being used to perform a surgical procedure on a patient.
[0056] [0056] Other types of robotic systems can be readily adapted for use with the surgical system 102. Various examples of robotic systems and surgical instruments that are suitable for use with the present invention are described in provisional patent application no. 62 / 611,339, entitled ROBOT ASSISTED SURGICAL PLATFORM, filed on December 28, 2017, the description of which is incorporated in this document as a reference in its entirety.
[0057] [0057] Several examples of cloud-based analysis that are performed by cloud 104, and are suitable for use with the present invention, are described in US provisional patent application serial number 62 / 611.340, entitled CLOUD- BASED MEDICAL ANALYTICS, deposited on December 28, 2017, whose description is incorporated in this document for reference, in its entirety.
[0058] [0058] In several aspects, the imaging device 124 includes at least one Image sensor and one or more optical components. Suitable image sensors include, but are not limited to, load-coupled device (CCD) sensors and complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) sensors.
[0059] [0059] The optical components of the imaging device 124 may include one or more light sources and / or one or more lenses. One or more light sources can be targeted to illuminate portions of the surgical field. The one or more image sensors can receive reflected or refracted light from the surgical field, including reflected or refracted light from the tissue and / or surgical instruments.
[0060] [0060] One or more light sources can be configured to radiate electromagnetic energy in the visible spectrum, as well as in the invisible spectrum. The visible spectrum, sometimes called the optical spectrum or light spectrum, is that portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to (that is, can be detected by) the human eye and can be called visible light or simply light. A typical human eye will respond to wavelengths in the air that are from about 380 nm to about 750 nm.
[0061] [0061] The invisible spectrum (that is, the non-luminous spectrum) is that portion of the electromagnetic spectrum located below and above the visible spectrum (that is, wavelengths below about 380 nm and above about 750 nm). The invisible spectrum is not detectable by the human eye. Wavelengths greater than about 750 nm are longer than the visible red spectrum, and they become invisible infrared (IR), microwave, radio and electromagnetic radiation. Wavelengths shorter than about 380 nm are shorter than the ultraviolet spectrum, and they become invisible ultraviolet, x-ray, and gamma-ray electromagnetic radiation.
[0062] [0062] In several aspects, the imaging device 124 is con-
[0063] [0063] In one aspect, the imaging device uses multiple spectrum monitoring to discriminate topography and underlying structures. A multi-spectral image is one that captures image data within wavelength bands along the electromagnetic spectrum. Wavelengths can be separated by filters or using instruments that are sensitive to specific wavelengths, including light from frequencies beyond the visible light range, for example, IR and ultraviolet light. Spectral images can allow the extraction of additional information that the human eye cannot capture with its receptors for the colors red, green and blue. The use of multispectral imaging is described in greater detail under the heading "Advanced Imaging Acquisition Module" in US provisional patent application serial number 62 / 611,341, entitled INTERACTIVE SURGICAL PLATFORM, deposited on December 28, 2017, whose description is included in the present document as a reference in its entirety. Multispectral monitoring can be a useful tool for relocating a surgical field after a surgical task is completed to perform one or more of the tests previously described on the treated tissue.
[0064] [0064] It is axiomatic that strict sterilization of the operating room and surgical equipment is necessary during any surgery. Strict hygiene and sterilization conditions required in a
[0065] [0065] In several aspects, the visualization system 108 includes one or more imaging sensors, one or more image processing units, one or more storage arrays and one or more screens that are strategically arranged in relation to the field sterile, as illustrated in Figure 2. In one aspect, the display system 108 includes an interface for HL7, PACS and RME. Various components of the visualization system 108 are described under the heading "Advanced Imaging Acquisition Module" in US provisional patent application serial number 62 / 611,341, entitled INTERACTIVE SURGICAL PLATFORM, filed on December 28, 2017, whose The description is in this document incorporated by reference in its entirety.
[0066] [0066] As illustrated in Figure 2, a primary screen 119 is positioned in the sterile field to be visible to the operator on the operating table 114. In addition, a viewing tower 111 is positioned outside the sterile field. The display tower 111 includes a first non-sterile screen 107 and a second non-sterile screen 109, which are opposite each other. Visualization system 108, guided by central controller 106, is configured to use screens 107, 109, and 119 to coordinate the flow of information to operators within and outside the sterile field. For example, the central controller 106 can have the visualization system 108 display a snapshot of a surgical site, as recorded by an imaging device 124, on a non-sterile screen 107 or 109, while transmitting to the live from the surgical site on the main screen
[0067] [0067] In one aspect, the central controller 106 is also configured to route an input or diagnostic feedback by a non-sterile operator in the viewing tower 111 to the primary screen 119 within the sterile field, where it can be seen by a sterile operator on the operating table. In one example, the input may be in the form of a modification of the snapshot displayed on the non-sterile screen 107 or 109, which can be routed to the main screen 119 by the central controller 106.
[0068] [0068] With reference to Figure 2, a surgical instrument 112 is being used in the surgical procedure as part of the surgical system 102. The central controller 106 is also configured to coordinate the flow of information to a screen of the surgical instrument 112. For For example, in US provisional patent application serial number 62 / 611,341, entitled INTERACTIVE SURGICAL PLATFORM, deposited on December 28, 2017, the description of which is incorporated in this document for reference in its entirety. A diagnostic input or feedback entered by a non-sterile operator in the display tower 111 can be routed by the central controller 106 to the screen of the surgical instrument 115 in the sterile field,
[0069] [0069] Now with reference to Figure 3, a central controller 106 is shown in communication with a visualization system 108, a robotic system 110 and a portable intelligent surgical instrument 112. The central controller 106 includes a central controller screen 135 , an imaging module 138, a generator module 140, a communication module 130, a processor module 132 and a storage matrix 134. In certain respects, as illustrated in Figure 3, the central controller 106 additionally includes a smoke evacuation module 126 and / or a suction / irrigation module 128.
[0070] [0070] During a surgical procedure, the application of energy to the tissue, for sealing and / or cutting, is generally associated with the evacuation of smoke, suction of excess fluid and / or irrigation of the tissue. Fluid, power, and / or data lines from different sources are often intertwined during the surgical procedure. Valuable time can be wasted in addressing this issue during a surgical procedure. To untangle the lines, it may be necessary to disconnect the lines from their respective modules, which may require a restart of the modules. The modular compartment of central controller 136 offers a unified environment for managing power, data and fluid lines, which reduces the frequency of interlacing between such lines.
[0071] [0071] Aspects of the present invention present a control
[0072] [0072] In one aspect, the fluid line is a first fluid line and a second fluid line extends from the remote surgical site to a suction and irrigation module received slidingly into the central controller compartment. In one aspect, the central controller compartment comprises a fluid interface.
[0073] [0073] Certain surgical procedures may require the application of more than one type of energy to the tissue. One type of energy may be more beneficial for cutting the fabric, while another type of energy may be more beneficial for sealing the fabric. For example, a bipolar generator can be used to seal the tissue while an ultrasonic generator can be used to cut the sealed tissue. Aspects of the present invention present a solution in which a component
[0074] [0074] Aspects of the present invention feature a modular surgical compartment for use in a surgical procedure that involves applying energy to the tissue. The modular surgical compartment includes a first energy generator module, configured to generate a first energy for application to the tissue, and a first docking station that comprises a first coupling port that includes first data contacts and energy contacts , the first power generator module being slidably movable in an electric coupling with the power and data contacts and the first power generator module being slidingly movable out of the electric coupling with the first power contacts and data.
[0075] [0075] In addition to the above, the modular surgical compartment also includes a second energy generator module configured to generate a second energy, different from the first energy, for application to the tissue, and a second docking station comprising a second coupling port that includes second data and power contacts, the second power generator module being slidably movable in an electrical coupling with the power and data contacts, and the second power generator module energy is slidably movable out of the electrical coupling with the second power and data contacts.
[0076] [0076] In addition, the modular surgical cabinet also includes a communication bus between the first coupling port and the second coupling port, configured to facilitate communication
[0077] [0077] With reference to Figures 3 to 7, aspects of the present invention are presented for a modular compartment of the central controller 136 that allows the modular integration of a generator module 140, a smoke evacuation module 126, and a suction / irrigation module 128. The central modular compartment 136 further facilitates interactive communication between modules 140, 126, 128. As illustrated in Figure 5, generator module 140 can be a generator module with monopoly components, integrated bipolar and ultrasonic devices, supported in a single cabinet unit 139 slidably inserted in the central modular compartment 136. As illustrated in Figure 5, generator module 140 can be configured to connect to a monopolar device 146, a bipolar device 147 and an ultrasonic device 148. Alternatively, generator module 140 may comprise a series of monopolar, bipolar and / or ultrasonic generator modules that interact through of the central modular compartment 136. The central modular compartment 136 can be configured to facilitate the insertion of multiple generators and interactive communication between the generators anchored in the central modular compartment 136 so that the generators would act as a single generator.
[0078] [0078] In one aspect, the central modular compartment 136 comprises a modular power and a rear communication board 149 with external and wireless communication heads to allow the removable fixing of modules 140, 126, 128 and interactive communication between the themselves.
[0079] [0079] In one aspect, the central modular compartment 136 includes docking stations, or drawers, 151, in this document also called drawers, which are configured to receive modules 140, 126, 128 in a sliding manner. Figure 4 illustrates a partial perspective view of a surgical compartment of central controller 136, and a combined generator module 145 received slidingly in a docking station 151 in the compartment of central surgical controller 136. A docking port 152 with power and data contacts on a rear side of the combined generator module 145 is configured to engage a corresponding docking port 150 with the power and data contacts of a corresponding docking station 151 of the central controller 136 modular bay as the module combined generator 145 is slid into position at the corresponding docking station 151 of the central controller 136 modular compartment. ecto, the combined generator module 145 includes a bipolar, ultrasonic and monopolar module and a smoke evacuation module integrated in a single compartment unit 139, as illustrated in Figure 5.
[0080] [0080] In several respects, the smoke evacuation module 126 includes a fluid line 154 that transports fluid captured / collected smoke away from a surgical site and to, for example, the smoke evacuation module 126. The vacuum suction that originates from the smoke evacuation module 126 can pull the smoke into an opening of a utility conduit at the surgical site. The utility conduit, coupled to the fluid line, can be in the form of a flexible tube that ends in the smoke evacuation module 126. The utility conduit and the fluid line define a fluid path that extends across towards the smoke evacuation module 126 which is received in the central controller compartment 136.
[0081] [0081] In various aspects, the suction / irrigation module 128 is coupled to a surgical tool comprising a fluid suction line and a fluid suction line. In one example, the suction and suction fluid lines are in the form of flexible tubes that extend from the surgical site towards the suction / irrigation module 128. One or more drive systems can be configured to cause irrigation and aspiration of fluids to and from the surgical site.
[0082] [0082] In one aspect, the surgical tool includes a drive shaft that has an end actuator at a distal end of the same and at least an energy treatment associated with the end actuator, a suction tube, and a irrigation pipe. The suction tube can have an inlet port at a distal end of it and the suction tube extends through the drive shaft. Similarly, an irrigation pipe can extend through the drive shaft and may have an inlet port close to the power application implement. The energy application implement is configured to supply ultrasonic and / or RF energy to the surgical site and is coupled to the generator module 140 by a cable that initially extends through the drive shaft.
[0083] [0083] The irrigation tube can be in fluid communication with a fluid source, and the suction tube can be in fluid communication with a vacuum source. The fluid source and / or the vacuum source can be housed in the suction / irrigation module 128. In one example, the fluid source and / or the vacuum source can be housed in the central controller compartment 136 separately from the suction / irrigation module 128. In such an example, a fluid interface can be configured to connect the suction / irrigation module 128 to the fluid source and / or the vacuum source.
[0084] [0084] In one aspect, modules 140, 126, 128 and / or their corresponding docking stations in the central modular compartment
[0085] [0085] In some respects, the drawers 151 of the central modular compartment 136 are the same, or substantially the same size, and the modules are adjusted in size to be received in the drawers 151. For example, the side brackets 155 and / or 156 can be larger or smaller depending on the size of the module. In other respects, drawers 151 are different in size and are each designed to accommodate a specific module.
[0086] [0086] In addition, the contacts of a specific module can be switched to engage with the contacts of a specific drawer to avoid the insertion of a module in a drawer with unpaired contacts.
[0087] [0087] As shown in Figure 4, the coupling port 150 of a drawer 151 can be coupled to the coupling port 150 of another drawer 151 through a communication link 157 to facilitate interactive communication between the modules housed in the compartment. central modular 136. The coupling ports 150 of the central modular compartment 136 can, alternatively or additionally, facilitate interactive wireless communication between modules housed in the central modular compartment 136. Any suitable wireless communication can be used, such as, for example, Air Titan Bluetooth.
[0088] [0088] Figure 6 illustrates individual power bus connectors for a plurality of side coupling ports of a lateral modular compartment 160 configured to receive a plurality of modules from a 206 central surgical controller. The modular compartment side 160 is configured to receive and interconnect modules 161 laterally. Modules 161 are slidably inserted into docking stations 162 of side modular compartment 160, which includes a back plate for interconnecting modules 161. As shown in Figure 6, modules 161 are arranged laterally in the side modular cabinet 160. Alternatively, modules 161 can be arranged vertically in a modular side cabinet.
[0089] [0089] Figure 7 illustrates a vertical modular cabinet 164 configured to receive a plurality of modules 165 from the surgical central controller 106. Modules 165 are slidably inserted into docking stations, or drawers, 167 of the modular cabinet vertical 164, which includes a rear panel for interconnecting modules 165. Although the drawers 167 of the vertical modular cabinet 164 are arranged vertically, in some cases, a vertical modular cabinet 164 may include drawers that are arranged laterally. In addition, modules 165 can interact with each other through the coupling ports of the vertical modular cabinet
[0090] [0090] In several respects, the imaging module 138 comprises an integrated video processor and a modular light source
[0091] [0091] During a surgical procedure, removing a surgical device from the surgical field and replacing it with another surgical device that includes a different camera or other light source may be inefficient. Temporarily losing sight of the surgical field can lead to undesirable consequences. The imaging device module of the present invention is configured to allow the replacement of a light source module or a "midstream" camera module during a surgical procedure, without the need to remove the imaging device from the surgical field.
[0092] [0092] In one aspect, the imaging device comprises a tubular compartment that includes a plurality of channels. A first channel is configured to receive the Camera module in a sliding way, which can be configured for a snap-fit fit (pressure fit) with the first channel. A second channel is configured to slide the camera module, which can be configured for a snap-fit fit (pressure fit) with the first channel. In another example, the camera module and / or the light source module can be rotated to an end position within their respective channels. A threaded coupling can be used instead of a pressure fitting.
[0093] [0093] In several examples, multiple imaging devices are placed in different positions in the surgical field to provide multiple views. Imaging module 138 can be configured to switch between imaging devices to provide an ideal view. In several respects, the imaging module 138 can be configured to integrate images from different imaging devices.
[0094] [0094] Various image processors and imaging devices suitable for use with the present invention are described in US patent No. 7,995,045 entitled COMBINED SBI AND CONVENTIONAL IMAGE PROCESSOR, granted on August 9, 2011 which is in the this document incorporated by way of reference in its entirety. In addition, US patent No. 7,982,776, entitled SBI MOTION ARTIFACT REMOVAL APPARATUS AND METHOD, issued on July 19, 2011, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety, describes various systems for removing motion artifacts of the image data. Such systems can be integrated with the imaging module
[0095] [0095] Figure 8 illustrates a surgical data network 201 comprising a central modular communication controller 203 configured to connect modular devices located in one or more operating rooms of a healthcare facility, or any environment in a utility facility specially equipped for surgical operations, to a cloud-based system (for example, cloud 204 which may include a remote server 213 coupled to a storage device 205). In one aspect, the modular communication central controller 203 comprises a central network controller 207 and / or a network key 209 in communication with a network router. The central modular communication controller 203 can also be coupled to a local computer system 210 to provide local computer processing and data manipulation. The surgical data network 201 can be configured as a passive, intelligent, or switching network. A passive surgical data network serves as a conduit for the data, allowing the data to be transmitted from one device (or segment) to another and to cloud computing resources. An intelligent surgical data network includes features to allow traffic to pass through the surgical data network to be monitored and to configure each port on the central network controller 207 or network key 209. An intelligent surgical data network can be called a a central controller or controllable key. A central switching controller reads the destination address of each packet and then forwards the packet to the correct port.
[0096] [0096] Modular devices 1a to 1n located in the operating room can be coupled to the modular central communication controller 203. The central network controller 207 and / or the network key 209 can be coupled to a network router 211 to co-
[0097] [0097] It will be understood that the surgical data network 201 can be expanded by interconnecting multiple central network controllers 207 and / or multiple network switches 209 with multiple network routers 211. The central communication controller 203 can be contained in a modular control roaster configured to receive multiple devices 1a to 1n / 2a to 2m. The local computer system 210 can also be contained in a modular control tower. The modular central communication controller 203 is connected to a screen 212 to display the images obtained by some of the devices 1a to 1n / 2a to 2m, for example, during surgical procedures. In several respects, devices 1a to 1n / 2a to 2m can include, for example, several modules such as an imaging module 138 coupled to an endoscope, a generator module 140 coupled to an energy-based surgical device, an evacuation module smoke 126, a suction / irrigation module 128, a communication module 130, a processor module 132, a storage matrix 134, a surgical device attached to a screen, and / or a sensor module without contact, among other modular devices that can be connected to the modular communication central controller 203 of the surgical data network 201.
[0098] [0098] In one aspect, the surgical data network 201 may comprise a combination of central network controllers, network switches, and network routers that connect devices 1a to 1n / 2a to 2m to the cloud. Any or all of the devices 1a to 1n / 2a to 2m coupled to the central network controller or network key can collect data in real time and transfer the data to cloud computers for data processing and manipulation. It will be understood that cloud computing depends on sharing computing resources instead of having local servers or personal devices to handle software applications. The word "cloud" can be used as a metaphor for "the Internet", although the term is not limited as such. Consequently, the term "cloud computing" can be used in this document to refer to "a type of Internet-based computing", in which different services - such as servers, storage, and applications - are applied to the controller modular communication center 203 and / or computer system 210 located in the operating room (for example, a fixed, mobile, temporary, or operating room or operating space) and devices connected to the modular communication central controller 203 and / or computer system 210 over the Internet. The cloud infrastructure can be maintained by a cloud service provider. In this context, the cloud service provider may be the entity that coordinates the use and control of devices 1a to 1n / 2a to 2m located in one or more operating rooms. Cloud computing services can perform a large number of calculations based on data collected by smart surgical instruments, robots, and other computerized devices located in the operating room. The central controller hardware allows multiple devices or connections to be connected to a computer that communicates with cloud computing and storage resources.
[0099] [0099] The application of cloud computer data processing techniques in the data collected by devices 1a to 1n / 2a to 2m, the surgical data network provides better surgical results, reduced costs, and better patient satisfaction. At least some of the devices 1a to 1n / 2a to 2m can be used to visualize the states of the tissue to assess the occurrence of leaks or perfusion of sealed tissue after a procedure of sealing and cutting the tissue. At least some of the devices 1a to 1n / 2a to 2m can be used to identify pathology, such as disease effects, with the use of cloud-based computing to examine data including images of body tissue samples for diagnostic purposes . This includes confirmation of the location and margin of the tissue and phenotypes. At least some of the devices 1a to 1n / 2a to 2m can be used to identify anatomical structures of the body using a variety of sensors integrated with imaging devices and techniques such as overlaying images captured by multiple imaging devices. Data collected by devices 1a to 1n / 2a to 2m, including image data, can be transferred to the cloud 204 or the local computer system 210 or both for data processing and manipulation including image processing and manipulation. The data can be analyzed to improve the results of the cyclic procedure
[0100] [0100] In an implementation, devices in the operating room 1a to 1n can be connected to the central modular communication controller 203 via a wired channel or a wireless channel depending on the configuration of devices 1a to 1n on a controller central network. The central network controller 207 can be implemented, in one aspect, as a local network transmission device that acts on the physical layer of the OSI model ("open system interconnection"). The central network controller provides connectivity to devices 1a to 1n located on the same network as the operating room. The central network controller 207 collects data in the form of packets and sends them to the router in "half-duplex" mode. The central network controller 207 does not store any media access control / Internet protocol (MAC / IP) to transfer data from the device. Only one of the devices 1a to 1n at a time can send data through the central network controller 207. The central network controller 207 has no routing tables or intelligence about where to send information and transmits all network data through each connection and to a remote server 213 (Figure 9) in cloud 204. The central network controller 207 can detect basic network errors, such as collisions, but having all (admit that) the information transmitted to multiple input ports can be a security risk and pro-
[0101] [0101] In another implementation, operating room devices 2a to 2m can be connected to a network switch 209 via a wired or wireless channel. The network key 209 works in the data connection layer of the OSI model. Network switch 209 is a multicast device for connecting devices 2a to 2m located in the same operation center to the network. The network key 209 sends data in frames to the network router 211 and works in full duplex mode. Multiple devices 2a to 2m can send data at the same time via network key 209. Network key 209 stores and uses MAC addresses of devices 2a to 2m to transfer data.
[0102] [0102] The central network controller 207 and / or the network key 209 are coupled to the network router 211 for a connection to the number 204. The network router 211 works on the network layer of the OSI model. The network router 211 creates a route to transmit data packets received from the central network controller 207 and / or the network key 211 to a computer with cloud resources for future processing and manipulation of the data collected by any among or all of the devices 1a to 1n / 2a to 2m. The network router 211 can be used to connect two or more different networks located in different locations, such as different operating rooms in the same healthcare facility or different networks located in different operating rooms. operation of the different health service facilities. Network router 211 sends data in packet form to cloud 204 and works in full duplex mode. Multiple devices can send data at the same time. The network router 211 uses IP addresses to transfer data.
[0103] [0103] In one example, the central network controller 207 can be implemented as a central USB controller, which allows multiple
[0104] [0104] In other examples, devices in the operating room 1a to 1n / 2a to 2m can communicate with the modular central communication controller 203 via standard Bluetooth wireless technology for exchanging data over short distances ( with the use of short-wavelength UHF radio waves in the ISM band of 2.4 to 2.485 GHz) from fixed and mobile devices and build personal area networks (PANs). In other respects, operating room devices 1a to 1n / 2a to 2m can communicate with the modular central communication controller 203 via a number of wireless and wired communication standards or protocols, including, but not limited to, Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11 family), WiMAX (IEEE family
[0105] [0105] The modular communication central controller 203 can serve as a central connection for one or all operating room devices 1a to 1n / 2a to 2m and handles a data type known as frames. The tables carry the data generated by the devices 1a to 1n / 2a to 2m. When a frame is received by the modular communication central controller 203, it is amplified and transmitted to the network router 211, which transfers the data to the cloud computing resources using a series of standards or protocols wireless or wired communication, as described in the present invention.
[0106] [0106] The modular communication central controller 203 can be used as a standalone device or be connected to compatible central network controllers and network switches to form a larger network. The 203 modular communication central controller is, in general, easy to install, configure and maintain, making it a good option for the network of devices 1a to 1n / 2a to 2m from the operating room.
[0107] [0107] Figure 9 illustrates an interactive surgical system, implemented by computer 200. The interactive surgical system implemented by computer 200 is similar in many ways to the interactive surgical system, implemented by computer 100. For example, the interactive, computer-implemented surgical system 200 includes one or more surgical systems 202, which are similar in many respects to surgical systems 102. Each surgical system 202 includes at least one central surgical controller 206 in communication with a 204 cloud that can include a remote server
[0108] [0108] Figure 10 illustrates a central surgical controller 206 that comprises a plurality of modules coupled to the modular control tower 236. The modular control tower 236 comprises a central controller for modular communication 203, for example, a network connectivity device , and a computer system 210 to provide local processing, visualization, and imaging, for example. As shown in Figure 10, the modular communication central controller 203 can be connected in a layered configuration to expand the number of modules (for example, devices) that can be connected to the modular communication central controller 203 and transfer associated data with modules to computer system 210, cloud computing resources, or both. As shown in Figure 10, each of the central controllers / network switches in the modular central communication controller 203 includes three downstream ports and one upstream port. The central controller / network switch upstream is connected to a processor to provide a communication connection to the cloud computing resources and a local display 217. Communication with the cloud 204 can be done via a communication channel wired or wireless.
[0109] [0109] The central surgical controller 206 uses a non-contact sensor module 242 to measure the dimensions of the operating room and generate a map of the operating room using non-contact measuring devices such as laser or ultrasonic. An ultrasound-based non-contact sensor module scans the operating room by transmitting an ultrasound explosion and receiving the echo when it bounces outside the perimeter of the operating room walls, as described under the heading "Surgical Hub Spatial Awareness Within an Operating Room "in US provisional patent application serial number 62 / 611,341, entitled INTERACTIVE SURGICAL PLATFORM, filed on December 28, 2017, which is in this document incorporated by reference in its entirety, in the which sensor module is configured to determine the size of the operating room and adjust the Bluetooth pairing distance limits. A laser-based non-contact sensor module scans the operating room by transmitting pulses of laser light, receiving pulses of laser light that bounce off the perimeter walls of the operating room, and comparing the phase of the transmitted pulse to the received pulse to determine the size of the operating room and to adjust the Bluetooth pairing distance limits, for example.
[0110] [0110] Computer system 210 comprises a processor 244 and a network interface 245. Processor 244 is coupled to a communication module 247, storage 248, memory 249, non-volatile memory 250, and an input / output interface 251 via a system bus. The system bus can be any of several types of bus structures, including the memory bus or memory controller, a peripheral bus or external bus, and / or a local bus that uses any variety of architectures. available, including, but not limited to, 9-bit bus, industry standard architecture (ISA), Micro-Charmel Architecture (MSA), extended ISA (EISA), smart drive electronics (IDE), VESA local bus ( VLB), Interconnection of peripheral components (PCI), USB, accelerated graphics port (AGP), PCMCIA bus (International Association of Memory Cards for Personal Computers, "Personal Computer Memory Card International Association" ), Small Computer Systems Interface (SCSI), or any other proprietary bus.
[0111] [0111] Processor 244 can be any single-core or multi-core processor, such as those known under the trade name of ARM Cortex available from Texas Instruments. In one respect, the processor may be a Core Cortex-M4F LM4F230H5QR ARM processor, available from Texas Instruments, for example, which comprises an integrated 256 KB single-cycle flash memory, or other non-volatile memory, up to 40 MHz, a seek-ahead buffer to optimize performance above 40 MHz, a 32 KB single cycle serial random access memory (SRAM), an internal read-only memory (ROM) loaded with the StellarisWare® program, memory programmable read-only and electrically erasable (EEPROM) of 2 KB, one or more pulse width modulation (PWM) modules, one or more analogs of quadrature encoder (QEI) inputs, one or more converters 12-bit analog to digital (ADC) with 12 channels of analog input, details of which are available for the product data sheet.
[0112] [0112] In one aspect, processor 244 may comprise a safety controller comprising two controller-based families, such as TMS570 and RM4x, known under the tradename Hercules ARM Cortex R4, also by Texas Instruments. The safety controller can be configured specifically for IEC 61508 and ISO 26262 safety critical applications, among others, to provide advanced integrated safety features while providing scalable performance, connectivity and memory options.
[0113] [0113] System memory includes volatile and non-volatile memory. The basic input / output system (BIOS), containing the basic routines for transferring information between elements within the computer system, such as during startup, is stored in non-volatile memory. For example, non-volatile memory can include ROM, programmable ROM (PROM), electrically programmable ROM (EPROM), EEPROM or flash memory. Volatile memory includes random access memory (RAM), which acts as an external cache memory. In addition, RAM is available in many forms such as SRAM, Dynamic RAM (DRAM), Synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), Double Data Rate SDRAM (DDR SDRAM), Enhanced SDRAM (ES-DRAM), Synchlink DRAM (SLDRAM), and Direct RAM Rambus RAM (DRRAM).
[0114] [0114] Computer system 210 also includes removable / non-removable, volatile / non-volatile computer storage media, such as disk storage. Disk storage includes, but is not limited to, devices such as a magnetic disk drive, floppy disk drive, tape drive, Jaz driver, Zip driver, LS-60 driver, flash memory card or memory stick ( pen drive). In addition, the storage disc may include storage media separately or in combination with other storage media including, but not limited to, an optical disc drive such as a compact disc ROM device ( CD-ROM) writeable compact disc drive (CD-R Drive), rewritable compact disc drive (CD-RW drive), or a versatile digital disk ROM drive (DVD-ROM). To facilitate the connection of disk storage devices to the system bus, a removable or non-removable interface can be used.
[0115] [0115] It is to be understood that computer system 210 includes software that acts as an intermediary between users and the basic computer resources described in a suitable operating environment. Such software includes an operating system. The operating system, which can be stored on disk storage, acts to control and allocate computer system resources. System applications benefit from the management capabilities of the operating system through program modules and program data stored in system memory or on the storage disk. It is to be understood that the various components described in the present invention can be implemented with various operating systems or combinations of operating systems.
[0116] [0116] A user enters commands or information into the computer system 210 through the input device (s) coupled
[0117] [0117] Computer system 210 can operate in a networked environment using logical connections to one or more remote computers, such as cloud computers, or local computers. Remote cloud computers can be a personal computer, server, router, personal network computer, workstation, microprocessor-based device, peer device, or other common network node, and the like, and typically include many or all of the elements described in relation to the
[0118] [0118] In several respects, the computer system 210 of Figure 10, the imaging module 238 and / or display system 208 and / or the processor module 232 of Figures 9 to 10 may comprise an image processor, an image processing engine, a media processor or any specialized digital signal processor (PSD) used for processing digital images. The image processor can use parallel computing with single multi-data instruction (SIMD) or multi-data instruction (MIMD) technologies to increase speed and efficiency. The digital image processing engine can perform a number of tasks. The image processor can be an integrated circuit system with a multi-core processor architecture.
[0119] [0119] Communication connections refer to the hardware / software used to connect the network interface to the bus. Although the communication connection is shown for illustrative clarity
[0120] [0120] Figure 11 illustrates a functional block diagram of an aspect of a USB 300 central network controller, in accordance with at least one aspect of the present invention. In the illustrated aspect, the USB 300 central network controller device uses a TUSB2036 integrated circuit central controller available from Texas Instruments. The central USB network controller 300 is a CMOS device that provides a USB transceiver port 302 and up to three USB transceiver ports downstream 304, 306, 308 in accordance with the USB 2.0 specification. The upstream USB transceiver port 302 is a differential data root port comprising a "minus" (DM0) differential data input paired with a "plus" (DP0) differential data input. The three ports of the downstream USB transceiver 304, 306, 308 are differential data ports, with each port including "more" differential data outputs (DP1-DP3) paired with "less" differential data zones (DM1- DM3).
[0121] [0121] The USB 300 central network controller device is implemented with a digital state machine instead of a micro controller, and no firmware programming is required. Fully compatible USB transceivers are integrated into the circuit for the upstream USB transceiver port 302 and all downstream USB transceiver ports 304, 306, 308. The downstream USB transceiver ports 304, 306, 308 support both full speed as low speed automatically configuring the scan rate according to the speed of the device attached to the doors. The USB 300 network central controller device can be configured in bus powered or self powered mode and includes 312 central power logic to manage power.
[0122] [0122] The USB 300 network central controller device includes a 310 series interface engine (SIE). The SIE 310 is the front end of the USB 300 central network controller hardware and handles most of the protocol described in chapter 8 of the USB specification. The SIE 310 typically comprises signaling down to the level of the transaction. The functions it handles could include: packet recognition, transaction sequencing, SOP, EOP, RESET, and RESUME signal detection / generation, clock / data separation, data encoding / decoding non-inverted zero ( NRZI), generation and verification of CRC (token and data), generation and verification / decoding of packet ID (PID), and / or series-parallel / parallel-series conversion. The 310 receives a clock input 314 and is coupled with a suspend / resume logic circuit and frame timer 316 and a central controller repeat circuit 318 to control communication between the upstream USB transceiver port 302 and the downstream USB transceiver ports 304, 306, 308 through the logic circuits of ports 320, 322, 324. The SIE 310 is coupled to a command decoder 326 through the logic interface to control the commands of an EEPROM in serial via a serial EEPROM interface
[0123] [0123] In several aspects, the USB 300 central network controller can connect 127 functions configured in up to six logical layers (levels) to a single computer. In addition, the USB 300 central network controller can connect all peripherals using a standardized four-wire cable that provides both communication and power distribution. The power settings are bus-powered and self-powered modes. The central USB network controller
[0124] [0124] Figure 12 illustrates a logic diagram of a module of a 470 control system of a surgical instrument or tool, according to one or more aspects of the present invention. The 470 system comprises a control circuit. The control circuit includes a microcontroller 461 comprising a processor 462 and a memory 468. One or more of the sensors 472, 474, 476, for example, provide real-time feedback to the processor
[0125] [0125] In one aspect, the 461 microcontroller can be any single-core or multi-core processor, such as those known under the ARM Cortex trade name available from Texas Instruments. In one aspect, the main microcontroller 461 can be an LM4F230H5QR ARM Cortex-M4F processor, available from Texas Instruments, for example, which comprises an integrated 256 KB single cycle flash memory, or other non-memory. volatile, up to 40 MHz, a seek-ahead buffer to optimize performance above 40 MHz, a 32 KB single cycle series random access memory (SRAM), an internal read-only memory (ROM) loaded with the StellaRisWare® program, programmable and electronically erasable 2K read-only memory (EEPROM), one or more pulse width modulation (PWM) modules, one or more analogs of quadrature encoder (QEI) inputs ), and / or one or more 12-bit analog to digital converters (ADC) with 12 channels of analog input, details of which are available for the product data sheet.
[0126] [0126] In one aspect, the 461 microcontroller can comprise a safety controller that comprises two families based on controllers, such as TMS570 and RM4x known under the trade name of Hercules ARM Cortex R4, also available from Texas Instruments. The safety controller can be configured specifically for IEC 61508 and ISO 26262 safety critical applications, among others, to provide advanced integrated safety features while providing scalable performance, connectivity and memory options.
[0127] [0127] The 461 microcontroller can be programmed to perform various functions, such as precise control of the speed and position of the joint and knife systems. In one aspect, microcontroller 461 includes a processor 462 and a memory 468. Electric motor 482 can be a brushed direct current (DC) motor with a gearbox and mechanical connections with an articulation or scalpel system. In one aspect, a 492 motor drive can be an A3941 available from Allegro Microsystems, Inc. Other motor drives can be readily replaced for use in the 480 tracking system which comprises an absolute positioning system. A detailed description of an absolute positioning system is given in US patent application publication No. 2017/0296213, entitled SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A SURGICAL STA- PLING AND CUTTING INSTRUMENT, published on October 19, 2017, which is in this document incorporated as a reference in its entirety.
[0128] [0128] The 461 microcontroller can be programmed to provide precise control of the speed and position of the displacement members and articulation systems. The 461 microcontroller can be configured to compute a response in the 461 microcontroller software. The computed response is compared to a measured response from the real system to obtain an "observed" response, which is used for actual feedback-based decisions. The observed response is a favorable and adjusted value, which balances the uniform and continuous nature of the simulated response with the measured response, which can detect external influences in the system.
[0129] [0129] In one aspect, the 482 motor can be controlled by the 492 motor driver and can be used by the instrument trigger system or surgical tool. In many ways, the 482 motor can be a brushed direct current (DC) drive motor, with a maximum speed of approximately 25,000 RPM, for example. In other arrangements, the 482 motor may include a brushless motor, a wireless motor, a synchronous motor, a stepper motor or any other suitable type of electric motor. Motor starter 492 may comprise an H bridge starter comprising field effect transistors (FETs), for example. The 482 motor can be powered by a feed set releasably mounted on the handle set or tool compartment to provide control power for the instrument or surgical tool. The power pack may comprise a battery that may include several battery cells connected in series, which can be used as the power source to energize the instrument or surgical tool. In certain circumstances, the battery cells in the power pack may be replaceable and / or rechargeable. In at least one example, the battery cells can be lithium-ion batteries that can be coupled and separable from the power pack.
[0130] [0130] The 492 motor drive can be an A3941, available from Allegro Microsystems, Inc. The 492 A3941 drive is an entire bridge controller for use with semiconductor metal oxide field effect transistors (MOSFET ) of external power, N channel, specifically designed for inductive loads, such as brushed DC motors. The 492 actuator comprises a single charge pump regulator that provides full door drive (> 10 V) for batteries with voltage up to 7 V and allows the A3941 to operate with a reduced door drive, up to 5.5 V. An input command capacitor can be used to supply the voltage surpassing that supplied by the battery required for N-channel MOSFETs. An internal charge pump for the drive on the top side allows DC operation.
[0131] [0131] Tracking system 480 comprises a controlled motor drive circuit arrangement comprising a position sensor 472 in accordance with an aspect of the present invention. The position sensor 472 for an absolute positioning system provides a unique position signal that corresponds to the location of a displacement member. In one aspect, the displacement member represents a longitudinally movable drive member comprising a rack of drive teeth for engagement with a corresponding drive gear of a gear reduction assembly. In other respects, the displacement member represents the trigger member, which can be adapted and configured to include a rack of drive teeth. In yet another aspect, the displacement member represents a firing bar or beam with an I-profile, each of which can be adapted and configured to include a rack of driving teeth. Consequently, as used in the present invention, the term "displacement member" is used generically to refer to any movable member of the facility.
[0132] [0132] The 482 electric motor can include a rotary drive shaft, which interfaces operationally with a gear set, which is mounted in coupling hitch with a set or rack of driving teeth on the driving member. A sensor element can be operationally coupled to a gear assembly so that a single revolution of the position sensor element 472 corresponds to some linear longitudinal translation of the displacement member. An array of gears and sensors can be connected to the linear actuator by means of a rack and pinion arrangement, or by a rotary actuator, by means of a gear wheel or other connection. A power supply supplies power to the absolute positioning system and an output indicator can display the output from the absolute positioning system. The drive member represents the longitudinally movable drive member which comprises a rack of drive teeth formed thereon for engagement with a corresponding drive gear of the gear reducer assembly. The displacement member represents the longitudinally movable firing member, the firing bar, the I-beam or combinations thereof.
[0133] [0133] A single revolution of the sensor element associated with the position sensor 472 is equivalent to a longitudinal linear displacement d1 of the displacement member, where d1 represents the longitudinal linear distance by which the displacement member moves from the point " a "up to point" b "after a single revolution of the sensor element coupled to the displacement member. The sensor arrangement can be connected by means of a gear reduction which results in the position sensor 472 completing one or more revolutions for the complete travel of the displacement member. The 472 position sensor can complete multiple revolutions for the full travel of the displacement member.
[0134] [0134] A series of keys, where n is an integer greater than one, can be used alone or in combination with a gear reduction to provide a single position signal for more than one revolution of the 472 position sensor. of the keys is transmitted back to microcontroller 461 which applies logic to determine a single position signal corresponding to the linear longitudinal displacement d1 + d2 +… dn of the displacement member. The output of the position sensor 472 is supplied to the microcontroller 461. In various modalities, the position sensor 472 of the sensor arrangement can comprise a magnetic sensor, an analog rotary sensor, such as a potentiometer, or a series of elements analog Hall effect, which emit a unique combination of position of signals or values.
[0135] [0135] The position sensor 472 can comprise any number of magnetic detection elements, such as, for example, magnetic sensors classified according to whether they measure the total magnetic field or the vector components of the magnetic field. The techniques used to produce both types of magnetic sensors cover many aspects of physics and electronics. Technologies used for magnetic field detection include flow meter, saturated flow, optical pumping, nuclear precession, SQUID, Hall effect, anisotropic magneto-resistance, giant magnetoresistance, magnetic tunnel junctions, giant magnetoimpedance, magnetostrictive compounds / piesoelectrics, magnetodiode, magnetic transistor, optical fiber, magneto-optics and magnetic sensors based on microelectromechanical systems, among others.
[0136] [0136] In one aspect, the position sensor 472 for the tracking system 480 comprising an absolute positioning system comprises a magnetic rotating absolute positioning system. The position sensor 472 can be implemented as a single-circuit rotating magnetic position sensor
[0137] [0137] The tracking system 480 that comprises an absolute positioning system can comprise and / or be programmed to implement a feedback controller, such as a PID, state feedback, and adaptive controller. A power supply converts the signal from the feedback controller to a physical input to the system, in this case the voltage. Other examples include a voltage, current and force PWM. Other sensors can be provided in order to measure the parameters of the physical system in addition to the position measured by the position sensor 472. In some respects, the other sensors may include sensor arrangements such as those described in US patent No. 9,345,481 entitled STAPLE CARTRIDGE TISSUE THICKNESS
[0138] [0138] The absolute positioning system provides an absolute positioning of the displaced member on the activation of the instrument without having to retract or advance the longitudinally movable drive member to the reset position (zero or initial), as may be required by conventional rotary encoders that merely count the number of progressive or regressive steps that the 482 motor has traversed to infer the position of a device actuator, actuation bar, scalpel, and the like.
[0139] [0139] A 474 sensor, such as a strain gauge or a micro strain gauge, is configured to measure one or more parameters of the end actuator, such as the amplitude of the strain exerted on the anvil during a gripping operation, which can be indicative of tissue compression. The measured effort is converted into a digital signal and fed to the 462 processor. Alternatively, or in addition to the 474 sensor, a 476 sensor, such as a load sensor, can measure the closing force applied by the drive system. anvil closure. The 476 sensor, such as a load sensor, can measure the firing force applied to a beam with an I-profile in a firing stroke of the instrument or surgical tool. The i-profile beam is configured to engage a wedge slider, which is configured to move the clamp actuators upward to force the clamps to deform in contact with an anvil. The i-profile beam includes a sharp cutting edge that can be used to separate fabric, as the i-profile beam is advanced distally by the firing bar. Alternatively, a current sensor 478 can be used to measure the current drawn by the 482 motor. The force required to advance the trigger member can correspond to the current drawn by the 482 motor, for example. The measured force is converted into a digital signal and supplied to the 462 processor.
[0140] [0140] In one form, a 474 strain gauge sensor can be used to measure the force applied to the tissue by the end actuator. A strain gauge can be attached to the end actuator to measure the force applied to the tissue being treated by the end actuator. A system for measuring forces applied to the fabric attached by the end actuator comprises a 474 strain gauge sensor, such as a microstrain gauge, which is configured to measure one or more parameters of the end actuator
[0141] [0141] Measurements of tissue compression, tissue thickness and / or force required to close the end actuator in the fabric, as measured by sensors 474, 476, can be used by microcontroller 461 to characterize the selected trigger member position and / or the corresponding trigger member speed value. In one case, a 468 memory can store a technique, an equation and / or a look-up table that can be used by the 461 microcontroller in the evaluation.
[0142] [0142] The control system 470 of the instrument or surgical tool can also comprise wired or wireless communication circuits for communication with the modular central communication controller shown in Figures 8 to 11.
[0143] [0143] Figure 13 illustrates a control circuit 500 configured to control aspects of the instrument or surgical tool according to an aspect of the present invention. The control circuit 500 can be configured to implement various processes described in this document. The control circuit 500 may comprise a microcontroller comprising one or more processors 502 (for example, microprocessor, microcontroller) coupled to at least one memory circuit 504. The memory circuit 504 stores instructions executable on a machine that, when executed by processor 502, cause processor 502 to execute machine instructions to implement several of the processes described in this document. The 502 processor can be any one of a number of single-core or multi-core processors known in the art. The memory circuit 504 may comprise volatile and non-volatile storage media. The 502 processor can include a 506 instruction processing unit and an arithmetic unit
[0144] [0144] Figure 14 illustrates a combinational logic circuit 510 configured to control aspects of the instrument or surgical tool according to an aspect of the present invention. The combinational logic circuit 510 can be configured to implement the various processes described in this document. The combinational logic circuit 510 may comprise a finite state machine comprising a combinational logic 512 configured to receive data associated with the instrument or surgical tool at an input 514, process the data by the combinational logic 512 and provide an output 516.
[0145] [0145] Figure 15 illustrates a sequential logic circuit 520 configured to control aspects of the surgical instrument or tool according to an aspect of the present invention. Sequential logic circuit 520 or combinational logic 522 can be configured to implement the process in this document described. Sequential logic circuit 520 may comprise a finite state machine. Sequential logic circuit 520 may comprise combinational logic 522, at least one memory circuit 524, a clock
[0146] [0146] Figure 16 illustrates an instrument or surgical tool that comprises a plurality of motors that can be activated to perform various functions. In certain cases, a first engine can be activated to perform a first function, a second engine can be activated to perform a second function, a third engine can be activated to perform a third function, a fourth engine can be activated to perform a fourth function, and so on. In certain cases, the plurality of motors of the robotic surgical instrument 600 can be individually activated to cause firing, closing, and / or articulation movements in the end actuator. The firing, closing and / or articulation movements can be transmitted to the end actuator through a set of drive axes, for example.
[0147] [0147] In certain cases, the instrument or surgical tool system may include a 602 firing motor. The 602 firing motor can be operationally coupled to a 604 firing motor drive assembly, which can be configured to transmitting firing movements generated by motor 602 to the end actuator, particularly to move the beam element with an I-profile. In certain cases, firing movements generated by firing motor 602 can cause the clamps to be implanted at from the staple cartridge to the fabric captured by the end actuator and / or the cutting edge of the I-beam beam element to be advanced in order to cut the captured fabric, for example. The I-beam beam element can be retracted by reversing the direction of the 602 motor.
[0148] [0148] In certain cases, the surgical instrument or tool may include a closing motor 603. The closing motor 603 can be operationally coupled to a drive assembly of the closing motor 605 that can be configured to transmit closing movements generated motor 603 to the end actuator, particularly to move a closing tube to close the anvil and compress the fabric between the anvil and the staple cartridge. Closing movements can cause the end actuator to change from an open configuration to an approximate configuration to capture tissue, for example. The end actuator can be moved to an open position by reversing the motor direction
[0149] [0149] In certain cases, the surgical instrument or tool may include one or more articulation motors 606a, 606b, for example. The motors 606a, 606b can be operationally coupled to the drive sets of the articulation motor 608a, 608b, which can be configured to transmit joint movements generated by the motors 606a, 606b to the end actuator. In certain cases, articulation movements can cause the end actuator to be articulated in relation to the drive shaft assembly, for example.
[0150] [0150] As described above, the surgical instrument or tool can include a plurality of motors that can be configured to perform various independent functions. In certain cases, the plurality of motors of the instrument or surgical tool can be activated individually or separately to perform one or more functions, while other motors remain inactive. For example, the articulation motors 606a, 606b can be activated to cause the end actuator to be articulated, while the firing motor 602 remains inactive. Alternatively, the firing motor 602 can be activated to trigger the plurality of clamps, and / or advance the cutting edge, while the articulation motor 606 remains inactive. In addition, the closing motor 603 can be activated simultaneously with the firing motor 602 to cause the closing tube and the I-beam beam element to move forward, as described in more detail later in this document. ment.
[0151] [0151] In certain cases, the surgical instrument or tool may include a common control module 610 that can be used with a plurality of the instrument's instruments or surgical tool. In certain cases, the common control module 610 can accommodate one of the plurality of motors at a time. For example, the common control module 610 can be coupled to and separable from the plurality of motors of the robotic surgical instrument individually. In certain cases, a plurality of instrument or surgical tool motors may share one or more common control modules, such as the common control module 610. In certain cases, a plurality of instrument or surgical tool motors may be individually and selectively engaged with the common control module 610. In certain cases, the common control module 610 can be selectively switched between interfacing with one of a plurality of instrument motors or surgical tool to interface with another among the plurality of motors of the instrument or surgical tool.
[0152] [0152] In at least one example, the common control module 610 can be selectively switched between the operating coupling with the hinge motors 606a, 606b, and the operating coupling with the firing motor 602 or the closing motor 603 In at least one example, as shown in Figure 16, a key 614 can be moved or transitioned between a plurality of positions and / or states. In the first position 616, the switch 614 can electrically couple the common control module 610 to the trip motor 602; in a second position 617, the switch 614 can electrically couple the control module 610 to the closing motor 603; in a third position 618a, the switch 614 can electrically couple the common control module 610 to the first articulation motor 606a; and in a fourth position 618b, the switch 614 can electrically couple the common control module 610 to the second articulation motor 606b, for example. In certain cases, separate common control modules 610 can be electrically coupled to the firing motor 602, closing motor 603, and hinge motors 606a, 606b at the same time. In certain cases, key 614 can be a mechanical key, an electromechanical key, a solid state key, or any suitable switching mechanism.
[0153] [0153] Each of the 602, 603, 606a, 606b motors can comprise a torque sensor to measure the output torque on the motor drive shaft. The force on an end actuator can be detected in any conventional manner, such as by means of force sensors on the outer sides of the jaws or by a motor torque sensor that drives the jaws.
[0154] [0154] In several cases, as illustrated in Figure 16, the common control module 610 may comprise a motor starter 626 which may comprise one or more H-Bridge FETs. The motor driver 626 can modulate the energy transmitted from a power source 628 to a motor coupled to the common control module 610, based on an input from a microcontroller 620 (the "controller"), for example. In certain cases, the microcontroller 620 can be used to determine the current drained by the motor, for example, while the motor is coupled to the common control module 610, as described above.
[0155] [0155] In certain examples, the microcontroller 620 may include a microprocessor 622 (the "processor") and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media or 624 memory units (the "memory"). In certain cases, memory 624 can store various program instructions which, when executed, can cause the processor 622 to perform a plurality of functions and / or calculations described in this document. In certain cases, one or more of the memory units 624 can be coupled to the processor 622, for example.
[0156] [0156] In certain cases, the power supply 628 can be used to supply power to the microcontroller 620, for example. In certain cases, the power source 628 may comprise a battery (or "battery pack" or "power source"), such as a Li ion battery, for example. In certain cases, the battery pack can be configured to be releasably mounted to the handle to supply power to the surgical instrument 600. Several battery cells connected in series can be used as the 628 power source. In certain cases, power source 628 can be replaceable and / or rechargeable, for example.
[0157] [0157] In several cases, the 622 processor can control the 626 motor starter to control the position, direction of rotation and / or speed of a motor that is coupled to the co-control module.
[0158] [0158] In one example, the 622 processor can be any single-core or multi-core processor, such as those known by the Texas Instruments ARM Cortex trade name. In certain cases, the 620 microcontroller may be an LM 4F230H5QR, available from Texas Instruments, for example. In at least one example, the Texas Instruments LM4F230H5QR is an ARM Cortex-M4F processor core comprising an integrated 256 KB single cycle flash memory, or other non-volatile memory, up to 40 MHz, a search buffer anticipated to optimize performance above 40 MHz, a 32 KB single cycle SRAM, an internal ROM loaded with StellarisWare® software, 2 KB EEPROM, one or more PWM modules, one or more QEI analogs, one or plus 12-bit ADCs with 12 analog input channels, among other features that are readily available for the product data sheet. Other microcontrollers can be readily replaced for use with module 4410. Consequently, the present invention should not be limited in this context.
[0159] [0159] In certain cases, memory 624 may include program instructions for controlling each of the motors of the surgical instrument 600 that are attachable to the common control module 610. For example, memory 624 may include program instructions for controlling the firing motor 602, the closing motor 603 and the hinge motors 606a, 606b. Such program instructions can cause the 622 processor to control the trigger, close, and link functions according to inputs from the instrument or surgical tool control algorithms or programs.
[0160] [0160] In certain cases, one or more mechanisms and / or sensors, such as 630 sensors, can be used to alert the 622 processor about the program instructions that need to be used in a specific configuration. For example, sensors 630 can alert the 622 processor to use the program instructions associated with triggering, closing, and pivoting the end actuator. In certain cases, sensors 630 may comprise position sensors that can be used to detect the position of switch 614, for example. Consequently, the processor 622 can use the program instructions associated with the firing of the beam with I-profile of the end actuator by detecting, through sensors 630, for example, that the switch 614 is in the first position 616; Processor 622 can use the program instructions associated with closing the anvil by detecting through sensors 630, for example, that switch 614 is in second position 617; and processor 622 can use the program instructions associated with the articulation of the end actuator upon detection through sensors 630, for example, that switch 614 is in the third or fourth position 618a, 618b.
[0161] [0161] Figure 17 is a schematic diagram of a robotic surgical instrument 700 configured to operate a surgical tool described in this document, in accordance with an aspect of that description. The robotic surgical instrument 700 can be programmed or configured to control the distal / proximal translation of a displacement member, the distal / proximal displacement of a closing tube, the rotation of the drive and articulation axis, either with a single or multiple articulation drive connections. In one aspect, the surgical instrument 700 can be programmed or configured to individually control a firing member, a closing member, a driving shaft member and / or one or more articulation members. The surgical instrument 700 comprises a control circuit 710 configured to control motor-driven firing members, closing members, driving shaft members and / or one or more hinge members.
[0162] [0162] In one aspect, the robotic surgical instrument 700 comprises a control circuit 710 configured to control an anvil 716 and a beam portion with I-shaped profile 714 (including a sharp cutting edge) of an end actuator 702, a removable clamp cartridge 718, a drive shaft 740 and one or more hinge members 742a, 742b through a plurality of motors 704a to 704e. A position sensor 734 can be configured to provide feedback on the position of the I-profile beam 714 to control circuit 710. Other sensors 738 can be configured to provide feedback to control circuit 710. A timer / counter 731 provides timing and counting information to control circuit 710. A power source 712 can be provided to operate motors 704a to 704e and a current sensor 736 provides motor current feedback to control circuit 710. Motors 704a a 704e can be operated individually by the control circuit 710 in an open loop or closed loop feedback control.
[0163] [0163] In one aspect, the control circuit 710 may comprise one or more microcontrollers, microprocessors or other processors suitable for executing instructions that cause the processor or processors to perform one or more tasks. In one aspect, a timer / counter 731 provides an output signal, such as elapsed time or a digital count, to control circuit 710 to correlate beam position with I-shaped profile 714, as determined by position sensor 734, with the output of timer / counter 731 so that control circuit 710 can determine the position of the beam with I-shaped profile 714 at a specific time (t) in relation to an initial position or time (t ) when the beam with I 714 profile is in a specific position in relation to an initial position. The timer / counter 731 can be configured to measure elapsed time, count external events or to time external events.
[0164] [0164] In one aspect, control circuit 710 can be programmed to control functions of end actuator 702 based on one or more tissue conditions. The control circuit 710 can be programmed to directly or indirectly detect tissue conditions, such as thickness, as described in this document. Control circuit 710 can be programmed to select a trigger control program or closing control program based on tissue conditions. A trigger control program can describe the distal movement of the displacement member. Different trigger control programs can be selected to better treat different tissue conditions. For example, when thicker tissue is present, control circuit 710 can be programmed to move the displacement member at a lower speed and / or with a lower power. When a thinner tissue is present, the control circuit 710 can be programmed to move the displacement member at a higher speed and / or with greater power. A closing control program can control the closing force applied to the tissue by the anvil 716. Other control programs control the rotation of the drive shaft 740 and the hinge members 742a, 742b.
[0165] [0165] In one aspect, the control circuit 710 can generate setpoint signals from the motor. Motor setpoint signals can be supplied to several motor controllers 708a through 708e. Motor controllers 708a to 708e can comprise one or more circuits configured to provide motor drive signals to motors 704a to 704e to drive motors 704a to 704e as described herein. In some instances, motors 704a to 704e may be brushed DC motors. For example, the speed of motors 704a to 704e can be proportional to the respective motor start signals. In some instances, motors 704a to 704e may be brushless DC electric motors, and the respective motor drive signals may comprise a PWM signal provided for one or more stator windings of motors 704a to 704e. In addition, in some instances, motor controllers 708a through 708e can be omitted and control circuit 710 can directly generate motor drive signals.
[0166] [0166] In one aspect, the control circuit 710 can initially operate each of the motors 704a to 704e in an open circuit configuration for a first open circuit portion of a travel of the displacement member. Based on the response of the robotic surgical instrument 700 during the open circuit portion of the stroke, control circuit 710 can select a trigger control program in a closed circuit configuration. The instrument response may include a translation of the distance from the displacement member during the open circuit portion, a time elapsed during the circuit portion.
[0167] [0167] In one aspect, motors 704a to 704e can receive power from a 712 power source. Power supply 712 can be a DC power source powered by an AC main power supply, a battery, a super capacitor, or any other suitable power source. Motors 704a to 704e can be mechanically coupled to individual mobile mechanical elements such as the I-beam beam 714, the anvil 716, the drive shaft 740, the joint 742a and the joint 742b, through the respective 706a through 706e transmissions. Transmissions 706a through 706e may include one or more gears or other connecting components for coupling motors 704a to 704e to moving mechanical elements. A position sensor 734 can detect a position of the beam with I-profile 714. The position sensor 734 can be or can include any type of sensor that is capable of generating position data that indicate a position of the beam with I-profile 714 In some examples, the position sensor 734 may include an encoder configured to supply a series of pulses to the control circuit 710 such as the I-beam beam 714 translated distally and proximally. Control circuit 710 can track pulses to determine the position of the I-profile beam 714. Other suitable position sensors can be used, including, for example, a proximity sensor. Other types of position sensors can provide other signals that indicate the movement of the beam with I-714 profile. In addition, in some examples, the position sensor 734 can be omitted. When any of the motors 704a to 704e is a stepper motor, the control circuit 710 can track the position of the beam with an I-profile 714 aggregating the number and direction of the steps that the motor 704 was instructed to perform. Position sensor 734 can be located on end actuator 702 or any other portion of the instrument. The outputs of each of the engines 704a to 704e include a torque sensor 744a to 744e to detect force and have an encoder to detect the rotation of the drive shaft.
[0168] [0168] In one aspect, control circuit 710 is configured to drive a firing member as the portion of the I-profile beam 714 of end actuator 702. Control circuit 710 provides a motor setpoint for a motor control 708a, which provides a drive signal for motor 704a. The output shaft of the motor 704a is coupled to a torque sensor 744a. The torque sensor 744a is coupled to a transmission 706a that is coupled to the I-profile beam 714. The transmission 706a comprises moving mechanical elements, such as rotating elements and a firing member to control the movement of the distal and proximally. I-beam beam 714 along a longitudinal geometric axis of end actuator 702. In one aspect, motor 704a can be coupled to the knife gear assembly, which includes a knife gear reduction assembly that includes a first knife drive gear and a second knife drive gear. A 744a torque sensor provides a trigger force feedback signal to control circuit 710. The trigger force signal represents the force required to fire or move the I-beam beam
[0169] [0169] In one aspect, control circuit 710 is configured to drive a closing member, such as anvil portion 716 of end actuator 702. Control circuit 710 provides a motor setpoint for a control motor 708b, which provides a drive signal to motor 704b. The output shaft of the 704b motor is coupled to a 744b torque sensor. The torque sensor 744b is coupled to a transmission 706b which is coupled to the anvil 716. The transmission 706b comprises moving mechanical elements, such as rotating elements and a closing member, to control the movement of the anvil 716 between the open positions and closed. In one aspect, the 704b motor is coupled to a closing gear assembly, which includes a closing reduction gear assembly that is supported in gear engaged with the closing sprocket. The torque sensor 744b provides a closing force feedback signal for control circuit 710. The closing force feedback signal represents the closing force applied to the anvil 716. The position sensor 734 can be configured to provide the position of the closing member as a feedback signal to control loop 710. Additional sensors 738 on end actuator 702 can supply the feedback signal of closing force to control circuit 710. Pivoting anvil 716 is positioned opposite the staple cartridge 718. When ready for use, control circuit 710 can provide a close signal to the motor control 708b. In response to the closing signal, motor 704b advances a closing member to secure the fabric between the anvil 716 and the staple cartridge 718.
[0170] [0170] In one aspect, control circuit 710 is configured to rotate a drive shaft member, such as drive shaft 740, to rotate end actuator 702. Control circuit 710 provides a set point from the motor to a 708c motor control, which provides a drive signal to the 704c motor. The output shaft of the motor 704c is coupled to a torque sensor 744c. The torque sensor 744c is coupled to a transmission 706c which is coupled to the shaft 740. The transmission 706c comprises moving mechanical elements, such as rotating elements, to control the rotation of the drive shaft 740 clockwise or counterclockwise. -time up to and over 360 °. In one aspect, the 704c engine is coupled to the rotary drive assembly, which includes a pipe gear segment that is formed over (or attached to) the proximal end of the proximal closing tube for operable engagement by a rotational gear assembly that is supported operationally on the tool mounting plate. The torque sensor 744c provides a rotation force feedback signal for control circuit 710. The rotation force feedback signal represents the rotation force applied to the drive shaft 740. The position sensor 734 can be configured to provide the position of the closing member as a feedback signal for control circuit 710. Additional sensors 738, such as a drive shaft encoder, can provide the rotational position of drive shaft 740 to the control circuit
[0171] [0171] In one aspect, control circuit 710 is configured to link end actuator 702. Control circuit 710 provides a motor setpoint to a 708d motor control, which provides a drive signal to motor 704d . The output shaft of the motor 704d is coupled to a torque sensor 744d. The torque sensor 744d is coupled to a transmission 706d which is coupled to a pivot member 742a. The 706d transmission comprises moving mechanical elements, such as articulation elements, to control the articulation of the 702 ± 65 ° end actuator. In one aspect, the 704d engine is coupled to a pivot nut, which is rotatably seated over the proximal end portion of the distal column portion and is pivoted in it by a set of gear gear. culation. The torque sensor 744d provides a hinge force feedback signal to the 710 control circuit. The hinge force feedback signal represents the hinge force applied to the end actuator 702. The 738 sensors, as an articulation encoder, can provide the articulation position of end actuator 702 to the control circuit
[0172] [0172] In another aspect, the articulation function of the robotic surgical system 700 may comprise two articulation members or connections, 742a, 742b. These hinge members 742a, 742b are driven by separate disks at the robot interface (the rack), which are driven by the two motors 708d, 708e. When the separate firing motor 704a is provided, each of the hinge connections 742a, 742b can be antagonistically driven relative to the other connection to provide a resistive holding movement and a load to the head when it is not moving and stops. provide a pivoting movement when the head is pivoted. The hinge members 742a, 742b attach to the head in a fixed radius when the head is rotated. Consequently, the mechanical advantage of the push and pull link changes when the head is rotated. This change in mechanical advantage can be more pronounced with other drive systems for the articulation connection.
[0173] [0173] In one aspect, the one or more motors 704a to 704e can comprise a brushed DC motor with a gearbox and mechanical connections to a firing member, closing member or articulation member. Another example includes electric motors 704a to 704e that operate the moving mechanical elements such as the displacement member, the articulation connections, the closing tube and the drive shaft. An external influence is an excessive and unpredictable influence of things like tissue, surrounding bodies, and friction in the physical system. This external influence can be called drag, which acts in opposition to one of the electric motors 704a to 704e. External influence, such as drag, can cause the functioning of the physical system to deviate from a desired operation of the physical system.
[0174] [0174] In one aspect, the position sensor 734 can be implemented as an absolute positioning system. In one aspect, the 734 position sensor can comprise an absolute rotary magnetic positioning system implemented as a single integrated circuit rotary magnetic position sensor
[0175] [0175] In one aspect, the control circuit 710 can be in communication with one or more sensors 738. The sensors 738 can be positioned on the end actuator 702 and adapted to work with the robotic surgical instrument 700 to measure various derived parameters such as span distance in relation to time, compression of the tissue in relation to time, and deformation of the anvil in relation to time. The 738 sensors can comprise a magnetic sensor, a magnetic field sensor, a stress meter, a load cell, a pressure sensor, a force sensor, a torque sensor, an inductive sensor such as a current sensor parasite, a resistive sensor, a capacitive sensor, an optical sensor and / or any other suitable sensor to measure one or more parameters of the end actuator
[0176] [0176] In one aspect, the one or more sensors 738 may comprise a strain gauge, such as, for example, a micro-strain gauge, configured to measure the magnitude of the strain on the anvil 716 during a clamped condition. The voltage meter provides an electrical signal whose amplitude varies with the magnitude of the voltage. Sensors 738 may comprise a pressure sensor configured to detect pressure generated by the presence of compressed tissue between anvil 716 and staple cartridge 718. Sensors 738 can be configured to detect the impedance of a section of fabric located between the anvil 716 and the staple cartridge 718 which is indicative of the thickness and / or completeness of the fabric located between them.
[0177] [0177] In one aspect, the 738 sensors can be implemented as one or more limit switches, electromechanical devices, solid state switches, Hall effect devices, magneto-resistive devices (MR) giant magneto-resistive devices (GMR), magnetometers, among others. In other implementations, the 738 sensors can be implemented as solid state switches that operate under the influence of light, such as optical sensors, infrared sensors, ultraviolet sensors, among others. In addition, the switches can be solid state devices such as transistors (for example, FET, junction FET, MOSFET, bipolar and the like). In other implementations, the 738 sensors can include driverless electric switches, ultrasonic switches, accelerometers and inertia sensors, among others.
[0178] [0178] In one aspect, sensors 738 can be configured to measure the forces exerted on the anvil 716 by the closing drive system. For example, one or more sensors 738 may be at a point of interaction between the closing tube and the anvil 716 to detect the closing forces applied by the closing tube on the anvil 716. The forces exerted on the anvil 716 may be representative of the tissue compression experienced by the section of tissue captured between the anvil 716 and the staple cartridge 718. The one or more sensors 738 can be positioned at various points of interaction throughout the closing drive system to detect the closing forces applied to the anvil 716 by the closing drive system. The one or more sensors 738 can be sampled in real time during a gripping operation by the processor of the control circuit 710. The control circuit 710 receives sample measurements in real time to provide and analyze information based on time and evaluate, in real time, the closing forces applied to the anvil 716.
[0179] [0179] In one aspect, a current sensor 736 can be used to measure the current drawn by each of the 704a to 704e motors. The force required to advance any of the moving mechanical elements, such as the I-profile beam 714, corresponds to the current drawn by one of the motors 704a to 704e. The force is converted into a digital signal and supplied to the control circuit 710. The control circuit 710 can be configured to simulate the response of the instrument's actual system in the controller software. A displacement member can be actuated to move an I-beam beam 714 on end actuator 702 at or near a target speed. The robotic surgical instrument 700 may include a feedback controller, which may be one or any of the feedback controllers, including, but not limited to, a PID controller, state feedback, linear quadratic (LQR) and / or an adaptive controller , for example. The robotic surgical instrument 700 can include a power source to convert the signal from the feedback controller to a physical input such as case voltage, PWM voltage, modular voltage
[0180] [0180] Figure 18 illustrates a block diagram of a surgical instrument 750 programmed to control the distal translation of a displacement member according to an aspect of the present invention. In one aspect, the surgical instrument 750 is programmed to control the distal translation of a displacement member, such as the beam with I-shaped profile 764. The surgical instrument 750 comprises an end actuator 752 that can comprise an anvil 766, a beam with I-shaped profile 764 (including a sharp cutting edge) and a removable staple cartridge 768.
[0181] [0181] The position, movement, displacement and / or translation of a linear displacement member, such as the beam with I-764 profile, can be measured by an absolute positioning system, a sensor arrangement and a sensor of position 784. As the beam with I 764 profile is coupled to a longitudinally movable drive member, the position of the beam with I 764 profile can be determined by measuring the position of the longitudinally mobile driving member using the 784 position sensor. Consequently, in the description below, the position, displacement and / or translation of the I-profile beam 764 can be obtained by the position sensor 784, as described in the present invention. A control circuit 760 can be programmed to control the translation of the displacement member, such as the I-profile beam 764. The control circuit 760, in some examples, may comprise one or more microcontrollers, microprocessors or other suitable processors to carry out the instructions that cause the processor or processors to control the displacement member, for example, the I 764 profile beam, in the manner described. In one aspect, a timer / counter 781 provides an output signal, such as elapsed time or a digital count, to the control circuit 760 to correlate the beam position with I-profile 764 as determined by the position sensor 784 with the timer / counter output 781 so that the control circuit 760 can determine the position of the I-profile beam 764 at a specific time (t) in relation to an initial position. The 781 timer / counter can be configured to measure elapsed time, count external events, or measure eternal events.
[0182] [0182] Control circuit 760 can generate a 772 engine setpoint signal. The 772 engine setpoint signal can be supplied to a 758 motor controller. The 758 motor controller can comprise one or more circuits configured to provide a motor 774 drive signal to motor 754 to drive motor 754, as described in the present invention. In some instances, the 754 motor may be a DC motor with a brushed DC electric motor. For example, motor speed 754 may be proportional to the motor 774 drive signal. In some instances, motor 754 may be a brushless DC electric motor and motor 774 drive signal may comprise a PWM signal provided. - for one or more stator windings of motor 754. In addition, in some examples, motor controller 758 can be omitted, and control circuit 760 can generate motor drive signal 774 directly.
[0183] [0183] Motor 754 can receive power from a power source 762. Power source 762 can be or include a battery, a super capacitor, or any other suitable power source. The engine 754 can be mechanically coupled to the I-profile beam 764 by means of a 756 transmission. The 756 transmission can include one or more gears or other connecting components to couple the 754 motor to the I-profile beam 764. A position sensor 784 can detect a beam position with an I-profile 764. The position sensor 784 can be or can include any type of sensor that is capable of generating position data that indicate a position of the I-profile beam 764. In some examples, the position sensor 784 may include an encoder configured to provide a series of pulses to the control circuit 760 such as the I-beam beam 764 that is translated distally and proximally. The control circuit 760 can track pulses to determine the position of the I-profile beam 764. Other suitable position sensors can be used, including, for example, a proximity sensor. Other types of position sensors can provide other signals that indicate the movement of the beam with I 764 profile. In addition, in some examples, the position sensor 784 can be omitted. When the 754 motor is a stepper motor, the control circuit 760 can track the position of the I-profile beam 764 adding the number and direction of the steps that the 754 motor has been instructed to perform. The position sensor 784 can be located on end actuator 752 or any other portion of the instrument.
[0184] [0184] The control circuit 760 can be in communication with one or more sensors 788. The sensors 788 can be positioned on the end actuator 752 and adapted to work with the surgical instrument 750 to measure the various derived parameters, such as distance span in relation to time, compression of the tissue in relation to time and anvil effort in relation to time. The 788 sensors can comprise a magnetic sensor, a magnetic field sensor, a stress meter, a pressure sensor, a force sensor, an inductive sensor such as a eddy current sensor, a resistive sensor, a capacitive sensor, a sensor optical and / or any other sensors suitable for measuring one or more parameters of the 752 end actuator. The 788 sensors may include one or more sensors.
[0185] [0185] The one or more sensors 788 may comprise a stress meter, such as a microstrain meter, configured to measure the magnitude of the stress on the anvil 766 during a grip condition. The voltage meter provides an electrical signal whose amplitude varies with the magnitude of the voltage. The 788 sensors can comprise a pressure sensor configured to detect a pressure generated by the presence of compressed tissue between the anvil 766 and the staple cartridge 768. The 788 sensors can be configured to detect the impedance of a section of tissue located between the anvil 766 and the staple cartridge 768 which is indicative of the thickness and / or completeness of the fabric located between them.
[0186] [0186] The 788 sensors can be configured to measure the forces exerted on the anvil 766 by a closing drive system. For example, one or more sensors 788 may be at a point of interaction between a closing tube and anvil 766 to detect the closing forces applied by a closing tube to anvil 766. The forces exerted on anvil 766 can be represented - sensations of the tissue compression experienced by the tissue section captured between the anvil 766 and the staple cartridge 768. The one or more sensors 788 can be positioned at various points of interaction throughout the closing drive system to detect the closing forces applied to the anvil 766 by the closing drive system. The one or more 788 sensors can be sampled in real time during a gripping operation by a processor from the control circuit 760. The control circuit 760 receives sample measurements in real time to provide and analyze basic information. -
[0187] [0187] A current sensor 786 can be used to measure the current drained by the 754 motor. The force required to advance the beam with I-shaped profile 764 corresponds to the current drained by the motor.
[0188] [0188] Control circuit 760 can be configured to simulate the actual system response of the instrument in the controller software. A displacement member can be actuated to move a beam with I-profile 764 on end actuator 752 at or near a target speed. The surgical instrument 750 may include a feedback controller, which can be any or any feedback controller, including, but not limited to, a PID controller, status feedback, LQR, and / or an adaptive controller , for example. The surgical instrument 750 can include a power source to convert the signal from the feedback controller to a physical input such as case voltage, PWM voltage, frequency modulated voltage, current, torque and / or force, for example.
[0189] [0189] The actual drive system of the surgical instrument 750 is configured to drive the displacement member, cutting member or beam with I-764 profile by a brushed DC motor with gearbox and mechanical connections to a control system. joint and / or knife. Another example is the 754 electric motor that operates the displacement member and the articulation driver, for example, from an interchangeable drive shaft assembly. An external influence is an excessive and unpredictable influence on things like tissue, surrounding bodies, and friction in the physical system. This external influence can be called drag, which acts in opposition to the 754 electric motor.
[0190] [0190] Several exemplifying aspects are directed to a 750 surgical instrument that comprises a 752 end actuator with motor-driven surgical stapling and cutting implements. For example, a motor 754 can drive a displacement member distally and proximally along a longitudinal geometric axis of end actuator 752. End actuator 752 may comprise a pivoting anvil 766 and, when configured for use, a ultrasonic blade 768 positioned opposite the anvil 766. A doctor can hold the tissue between the anvil 766 and the staple cartridge 768, as described in the present invention. When ready to use the 750 instrument, the physician can provide a trigger signal, for example, by pressing a trigger on the instrument
[0191] [0191] In several examples, the surgical instrument 750 may comprise a control circuit 760 programmed to control the distal translation of the displacement member, such as the beam with I-shaped profile 764, for example, based on one or more more tissue conditions. The control circuit 760 can be programmed to directly or indirectly detect tissue conditions, such as thickness, as described in this document. Control circuit 760 can be programmed
[0192] [0192] In some examples, control circuit 760 may initially operate motor 754 in an open circuit configuration for a first open circuit portion of a travel of the travel member. Based on an instrument response 750 during the open circuit portion of the stroke, control circuit 760 can select a trip control program. The response of the instrument may include a travel distance of the displacement member during the open circuit portion, a time elapsed during the open circuit portion, the power supplied to the motor 754 during the open circuit portion, a sum of pulse widths a motor start signal, etc. After the open circuit portion, control circuit 760 can implement the selected trigger control program for a second portion of the travel member travel. For example, during the closed loop portion of the stroke, control circuit 760 can modulate motor 754 based on translation data that describes a position of the displacement member in a closed circuit manner to translate the displacement member into a constant speed. Additional details are described in US Patent Application Serial No.
[0193] [0193] Figure 19 is a schematic diagram of a 790 surgical instrument configured to control various functions in accordance with an aspect of the present invention. In one aspect, surgical instrument 790 is programmed to control the distal translation of a displacement member, such as the I-profile beam 764. Surgical instrument 790 comprises an end actuator 792 that can comprise an anvil 766, a beam with I-profile 764 and a removable staple cartridge 768 that can be exchanged with an RF cartridge 796 (shown in dashed line).
[0194] [0194] In one aspect, the 788 sensors can be implemented as a limit switch, electromechanical device, solid state switches, Hall effect devices, MRI devices, GMR devices, magnetometers, among others. In other implementations, 638 sensors can be solid state switches that operate under the influence of light, such as optical sensors, infrared sensors, ultraviolet sensors, among others. In addition, the switches can be solid state devices such as transistors (for example, FET, junction FET, MOSFET, bipolar and the like). In other implementations, 788 sensors can include driverless electric switches, ultrasonic switches, accelerometers, inertia sensors, and more.
[0195] [0195] In one aspect, the 784 position sensor can be implemented as an absolute positioning system, which comprises a rotating magnetic absolute positioning system implemented as an integrated circuit rotating magnetic position sensor single AS5055EQFT, available from Austria Microsystems, AG. The position sensor 784 can interface with the control circuit 760 to provide an absolute positioning system. The position can include multiple Hall effect elements located above a magnet and coupled to a CORDIC processor, also known as the digit by digit method and Volder's algorithm, which is provided to implement a simple and efficient algorithm for calculating hyperbolic and trigonometric functions that require only addition, subtraction, bit shift and lookup table operations.
[0196] [0196] In one aspect, the I-764 beam can be implemented as a knife member comprising a knife body that operationally supports a fabric cutting blade therein and may additionally include flaps or latching features anvil and channel hitch features or a base. In one aspect, the staple cartridge 768 can be implemented as a standard (mechanical) surgical clamp cartridge. In one aspect, the RF cartridge 796 can be implemented as an RF cartridge. These and other sensor provisions are described in US patent application serial number 15 / 628,175, entitled TECHNIQUES FOR ADAPTIVE CONTROL OF MOTOR VELOCITY OF A SURGICAL STA- PLING AND CUTTING INSTRUMENT, filed on June 20, 2017, which is included in this document as a reference in its entirety.
[0197] [0197] The position, movement, displacement and / or translation of a linear displacement member, such as the beam with I 764 profile, can be measured by an absolute positioning system, a sensor arrangement and a sensor of position represented as the position sensor 784. Since the I-beam beam 764 is coupled to the longitudinally movable drive member, the position of the I-beam beam 764 can be determined by measuring the position of the longitudinally driving member mobile using the 784 position sensor. Consequently, in the following description, the position, displacement and / or translation of the I-profile beam 764 can be obtained by the position sensor 784, as described in the present invention. A control circuit 760 can be programmed to control the translation of the displacement member, such as the I-profile beam 764, as described in this document. The control circuit 760, in some examples, may comprise one or more microcontrollers, microprocessors or other suitable processors to execute the instructions that cause the processor or processors to control the displacement member, for example, the I-profile beam 764, as described. In one aspect, a timer / counter 781 provides an output signal, such as elapsed time or a digital count, to the control circuit 760 to correlate the beam position with I-764 profile as determined by the position sensor 784 with the timer / counter output 781 so that the control circuit 760 can determine the position of the I-profile beam 764 at a specific time (t) in relation to an initial position. Timer / counter 781 can be configured to measure elapsed time, count external events, or measure eternal events.
[0198] [0198] The control circuit 760 can generate a setpoint signal for the engine 772. The setpoint signal for the engine 772 can be supplied to a 758 motor controller. The 758 motor controller can comprise one or more circuits configured to provide a motor 774 drive signal to motor 754 to drive motor 754, as described in the present invention. In some instances, the 754 motor may be a DC motor with a brushed DC electric motor. For example, motor speed 754 may be proportional to the motor 774 drive signal. In some instances, motor 754 may be a brushless DC electric motor and motor 774 drive signal may comprise a PWM signal provided. -
[0199] [0199] Motor 754 can receive power from a power source 762. Power source 762 can be or include a battery, a super capacitor, or any other suitable power source. The engine 754 can be mechanically coupled to the I-profile beam 764 by means of a 756 transmission. The 756 transmission can include one or more gears or other connecting components to couple the 754 motor to the I-profile beam 764. A position sensor 784 can detect a beam position with an I-profile 764. The position sensor 784 can be or can include any type of sensor that is capable of generating position data that indicate a position of the I-profile beam 764. In some examples, the position sensor 784 may include an encoder configured to provide a series of pulses to the control circuit 760 such as the I-beam beam 764 that is translated distally and proximally. The control circuit 760 can track pulses to determine the position of the I-profile beam 764. Other suitable position sensors can be used, including, for example, a proximity sensor. Other types of position sensors can provide other signals that indicate the movement of the beam with I 764 profile. In addition, in some examples, the position sensor 784 can be omitted. When the motor 754 is a stepper motor, the control circuit 760 can track the position of the I-profile beam 764 adding the number and direction of the steps that the motor was instructed to perform. Position sensor 784 can be located on end actuator 792 or any other portion of the instrument.
[0200] [0200] The control circuit 760 can be in communication with one or more sensors 788. The sensors 788 can be positioned on the end actuator 792 and adapted to work with the surgical instrument 790 to measure the various derived parameters, such as distance span in relation to time, compression of the tissue in relation to time and anvil effort in relation to time. The 788 sensors can comprise a magnetic sensor, a magnetic field sensor, a stress meter, a pressure sensor, a force sensor, an inductive sensor such as a eddy current sensor, a resistive sensor, a capacitive sensor, a sensor optical and / or any other sensors suitable for measuring one or more parameters of the end actuator 792. The 788 sensors may include one or more sensors.
[0201] [0201] The one or more sensors 788 may comprise a stress meter, such as a microstrain meter, configured to measure the magnitude of the stress on the anvil 766 during a grip condition. The voltage meter provides an electrical signal whose amplitude varies with the magnitude of the voltage. The 788 sensors can comprise a pressure sensor configured to detect a pressure generated by the presence of compressed tissue between the anvil 766 and the staple cartridge 768. The 788 sensors can be configured to detect the impedance of a section of tissue located between the anvil 766 and the staple cartridge 768 which is indicative of the thickness and / or completeness of the fabric located between them.
[0202] [0202] The 788 sensors can be configured to measure the forces exerted on the anvil 766 by the closing drive system. For example, one or more sensors 788 may be at a point of interaction between a closing tube and anvil 766 to detect the closing forces applied by a closing tube to anvil 766. The forces exerted on anvil 766 can be re - presents of the tissue compression experienced by the tissue section captured between the anvil 766 and the staple cartridge 768. The one or more sensors 788 can be positioned at various points of interaction along the closing drive system to detect the closing forces applied to the anvil 766 by the closing drive system. The one or more 788 sensors can be sampled in real time during a gripping operation by a processor portion of the 760 control circuit. The 760 control circuit receives sample measurements in real time to provide and analyze information based on in real time and evaluate, in real time, the closing forces applied to the 766 anvil.
[0203] [0203] A current sensor 786 can be used to measure the current drained by the 754 motor. The force required to advance the beam with I-profile 764 corresponds to the current drained by the motor
[0204] [0204] An RF power source 794 is coupled to end actuator 792 and is applied to RF cartridge 796 when RF cartridge 796 is loaded on end actuator 792 in place of clamp cartridge 768. The circuit Control Panel 760 controls the supply of RF energy to the 796 RF cartridge.
[0205] [0205] Additional details are described in US Patent Application Serial No. 15 / 636,096, entitled SURGICAL SYSTEM COUPLABLE WITH STAPLE CARTRIDGE AND RADIO FREQUENCY CARTRIDGE, AND METHOD OF USING SAME, filed June 28, 2017, which is in this document incorporated by reference in its entirety. Generator hardware
[0206] [0206] Figure 20 is a simplified block diagram of a generator 800 configured to provide tuning without an inductor, among other benefits. Additional details of generator 800 are described in US Patent No. 9,060,775, entitled SURGICAL GENERATOR FOR ULTRASONIC AND ELECTROSURGICAL DEVICES, granted on June 23, 2015, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety for reference. The generator 800 can comprise an isolated stage of the patient 802 in communication with a non-isolated stage 804 by means of a power transformer 806. A secondary winding 808 of the power transformer 806 is contained in the isolated stage 802 and can comprise a bypass configuration (for example, a central bypass or non-central bypass configuration) to define the trigger signal outputs 810a, 810b, 810c in order to deliver trigger signals to different surgical instruments, such as, for example, an ultrasonic surgical instrument, an RF electrosurgical instrument, and a multifunctional surgical instrument that includes ultrasonic and RF energy modes that can be released alone or simultaneously. In particular, the trigger signal outputs 810a and 810c can provide an ultrasonic trigger signal (for example, a 420 V mean square value (RMS) trigger signal) to an ultrasonic surgical instrument, and the ultrasonic signal outputs drive 810b and 810c can provide an RF electrosurgical trigger signal (for example, a 100 V RMS trigger signal) to an RF electrosurgical instrument, with the trigger signal output 810b corresponding to the center bypass - 806 power transformer tral.
[0207] [0207] In certain forms, ultrasonic and electrosurgical trigger signals can be provided simultaneously to different surgical instruments and / or to a single surgical instrument, such as the multifunctional surgical instrument, with the ability to supply both ultrasonic and electrosurgical energy to the fabric. It will be noted that the electrosurgical signal provided by both the electrosurgical instrument
[0208] [0208] The non-isolated stage 804 may comprise a power amplifier 812 that has an output connected to a primary winding 814 of the power transformer 806. In certain forms, the power amplifier 812 may comprise an amplifier of the type pushes and pulls. For example, the non-isolated stage 804 may additionally contain a logic device 816 to provide a digital output to a digital-to-analog converter ("DAC" - digital-to-analog converter) 818 which, in turn, provides a signal analog corresponding to a power amplifier 812 input. In certain ways, logic device 816 may comprise a programmable gate array ("PGA"), an FPGA, a programmable logic device ("PLD "- programmable logic device), among other logic circuits, for example. The logic device 816, because it controls the
[0209] [0209] Power can be supplied to a power rail of the power amplifier 812 by a key mode regulator 820, for example, a power converter. In certain forms, the key mode regulator 820 may comprise an adjustable antagonistic regulator, for example. The non-isolated stage 804 can also comprise a first processor 822 which, in one form, can comprise a PSD processor as an analog device ADSP-21469 SHARC DSP, available from Analog Devices, Norwood, MA, USA, for example, although in various forms, any suitable processor can be used. In certain ways, the PSD processor 822 can control the operation of the key mode regulator 820 responsive to voltage feedback data received from the power amplifier 812 by the PSD processor 822 via an ADC 824 circuit. For example, the PSD 822 processor can receive the waveform envelope of a signal (for example, an RF signal) as an input, which is amplified by the power amplifier via the ADC 824 circuit.
[0210] [0210] In certain forms, the logic device 816, in conjunction with the PSD 822 processor, can implement a digital synthesis circuit as a control scheme with direct digital synthesizer to control the shape of the waveform, frequency and / or the amplitude of the drive signals emitted by the generator 800. In one way, for example, the logic device 816 can implement a DDS control algorithm by retrieving waveform samples stored in a lookup table (" LUT "- look-up table) updated dynamically, like a RAM LUT that can be integrated into an FPGA. This control algorithm is particularly useful for ultrasonic applications in which an ultrasonic transducer, such as an ultrasonic transducer, can be driven by a clean sinusoidal current at its resonant frequency. As other frequencies can excite parasitic resonances, minimizing or reducing the total distortion of the current of the movement branch can correspondingly minimize or reduce the undesirable effects of the resonance. Like the waveform shape of a drive signal output by generator 800, it is impacted by various sources of distortion present in the output drive circuit (for example, the 806 power transformer, the power amplifier 812), voltage and current feedback data based on the trigger signal can be provided to an algorithm, such as an error control algorithm implemented by the PSD 822 processor, which compensates for distortion by pre -direction or adequate modification of the waveform samples stored in the LUT in a dynamic and continuous way (for example, in real time). In one way, the amount or degree of pre-distortion applied to LUT samples can be based on the error between a current from the computerized motion branch and a desired current waveform, the error being determined on a sample-by-sample basis. In this way, pre-distorted LUT samples, when processed through the drive loop, can result in a trigger signal from the motion branch that has the desired waveform (for example, sinusoidal) to trigger optimally the ultrasonic transducer. In such forms, the LUT waveform samples will therefore not represent the desired waveform of the trigger signal, but the waveform that is necessary to ultimately produce the desired waveform of the trigger signal of the movement branch, when the distortion effects are taken into account.
[0211] [0211] The non-isolated stage 804 may additionally comprise a first ADC 826 circuit and a second ADC 828 circuit coupled to the output of the power transformer 806 by means of the respective isolation transformers, 830 and 832, to sample the voltage and the current of drive signals emitted by the generator 800. In certain ways, the ADC 826 and 828 circuits can be configured for sampling at high speeds (for example, samples of 80 mega per second ("MSPS" - mega samples per second )) to allow over-sampling of the trigger signals. In one form, for example, the sampling speed of the ADC 826 and 828 circuits can allow an oversampling of approximately 200x (depending on the frequency) of the trigger signals. In certain ways, the sampling operations of the ADC 826 and 828 circuit can be performed by a single ADC circuit that receives voltage and current input signals through a multi-
[0212] [0212] In certain forms, voltage and current feedback data can be used to control the frequency and / or amplitude (for example, current amplitude) of the drive signals. In one way, for example, feedback data about voltage and current can be used to determine the impedance phase. The frequency of the trigger signal can then be controlled to mini-
[0213] [0213] In another form, for example, the current feedback data can be monitored in order to maintain the current amplitude of the drive signal at a current amplitude setpoint. The current amplitude set point can be specified directly or indirectly determined based on the specified set points for voltage amplitude and power. In certain ways, current amplitude control can be implemented by the control algorithm, such as a proportional-integral-derivative control algorithm ("PID" - proportional – integral– derivative), in the PSD 822 processor. - The control algorithm for properly controlling the current amplitude of the drive signal may include, for example, the scaling of the LUT waveform samples stored in logic device 816 and / or the scaled output voltage. all of the DAC circuit 818 (which provides input to the power amplifier 812) via a DAC circuit 834.
[0214] [0214] The non-isolated stage 804 can additionally comprise a second processor 836 to provide, among other things, the functionality of the user interface (UI). In one form, the UI 836 processor can comprise an Atmel AT91SAM9263 processor with an ARM 926EJ-S core, available from
[0215] [0215] In certain ways, both the PSD 822 processor and the UI 836 processor can, for example, determine and monitor the operational state of generator 800. For the PSD 822 processor, the operational state of generator 800 can determine, for example, which control and / or diagnostic processes are implemented by the PSD 822 processor. For the UI 836 processor, the operational state of the generator 800 can determine, for example, which elements of a UI (for example, screens display, sounds) are presented to a user. The respective UI and PSD processors 822 and 836 can independently maintain the current operational state of the generator 800, as well as recognize and evaluate possible transitions out of the current operational state. The process
[0216] [0216] The non-isolated platform 804 may also contain an 838 controller for monitoring input devices (for example, a capacitive touch sensor used to turn generator 800 on and off, a capacitive touch screen). In certain forms, controller 838 may comprise at least one processor and / or another controller device in communication with the UI 836 processor. In one form, for example, controller 838 may comprise a processor (for example, example, an 8-bit Meg168 controller available from Atmel) configured to monitor user input via one or more capacitive touch sensors. In one form, the 838 controller can comprise a touchscreen controller (for example, a QT5480 touchscreen controller, available from Atmel) to control and manage touch data capture from of a capacitive touchscreen.
[0217] [0217] In certain ways, when generator 800 is in an "off" state, controller 838 can continue to receive operational power (for example, through a line from a generator 800 power supply, such as power supply 854 discussed below). In this way, controller 838 can continue to monitor an input device (for example, a capacitive touch sensor located on a front panel of generator 800) to turn generator 800 on and off. When generator 800 is in the off state , controller 838 can wake up the power supply (for example, enable the operation of one or more DC / DC voltage converters 856 of power supply 854) if activation of the input device is detected " on / off "by a user. Controller 838 can therefore initiate a sequence to transition generator 800 to an "on" state. On the other hand, controller 838 can initiate a sequence to transition the generator 800 to the off state if activation of the "on / off" input device is detected when the generator 800 is in the on state. In certain ways, for example, controller 838 can report the activation of the "on / off" input device to the UI 836 processor, which in turn implements the process sequence necessary to transition from generator 800 to the off state. In such forms, controller 838 may not have any independent capacity to cause the removal of power from generator 800 after its on state has been established.
[0218] [0218] In certain ways, controller 838 can cause generator 800 to provide audible feedback or other sensory feedback to alert the user that an on or off sequence has been initiated. This type of alert can be provided at the beginning of an on or off sequence, and before the start of other processes associated with the sequence.
[0219] [0219] In certain forms, the isolated stage 802 may comprise an instrument interface circuit 840 to, for example, provide a communication interface between a control circuit of a surgical instrument (for example, a control circuit that handle handles) and non-isolated stage 804 components, such as logic device 816, PSD processor 822 and / or UI processor 836. Instrument interface circuit 840 can exchange information with components of the non-isolated stage 804 by means of a communication link that maintains an adequate degree of electrical isolation between the isolated and non-isolated stages 802 and 804 such as, for example, an IR-based communication link. Power can be supplied to the instrument interface circuit 840 using, for example, a low-drop voltage regulator powered by an isolation transformer driven from the non-isolated stage 804.
[0220] [0220] In one way, the instrument interface circuit 840 may comprise an 842 logic circuit (for example, a logic circuit, a programmable logic circuit, PGA, FPGA, PLD) in communication with a signal conditioning circuit 844. Signal conditioning circuit 844 can be configured to receive a periodic signal from logic circuit 842 (for example, a 2 kHz square wave) to generate a bipolar interrogation signal that has an identical frequency. The question mark can be generated, for example, using a bipolar current source powered by a differential amplifier. The question mark can be communicated to a surgical instrument control circuit (for example, using a conductor pair on a cable that connects the generator 800 to the surgical instrument) and monitored to determine a state or configuration of the control circuit. The control circuit may comprise numerous switches, resistors and / or diodes to modify one or more characteristics (for example, amplitude, rectification) of the question mark so that a state or configuration of the control circuit is discernible so unambiguous based on this one or more characteristics. In one way, for example, the 844 signal conditioning circuit can
[0221] [0221] In one way, the instrument interface circuit 840 may comprise a first data circuit interface 846 to enable the exchange of information between logic circuit 842 (or another element of the instrument interface circuit 840) and a first data circuit disposed in a surgical instrument or otherwise associated with it. In certain forms, for example, a first data circuit may be arranged on a wire integrally attached to a handle or on a surgical instrument adapter to interface between a specific type or model of surgical instrument and the 800 generator. The first data circuit can be deployed in any suitable way and can communicate with the generator according to any suitable protocol, including, for example, as described in this document with respect to the first data circuit. In certain ways, the first data circuit may comprise a non-volatile storage device, such as an EEPROM device. In certain ways, the first data circuit interface 846 can be implemented separately from logic circuit 842 and comprises a suitable circuit set (for example, separate logic devices, a processor) to enable communication between the logic circuit - logic 842 and the first data circuit. In other ways, the first data circuit interface 846 can be integral with logic circuit 842.
[0222] [0222] In certain forms, the first data circuit can store information related to the specific surgical instrument with which it is associated. This information may include, for example, a model number, a serial number, a number of operations in which the surgical instrument was used, and / or any other types of information. This information can be read by the interface circuit of the instrument 840 (for example, the logic circuit 842), transferred to a component of the non-isolated stage 804 (for example, to the logic device 816, PSD 822 processor and / or UI 836 processor) for presentation to a user via an output device and / or to control a function or operation of generator 800. In addition, any type of information can be communicated to the first data circuit for storage in it via the first interface of the data circuit 846 (for example, using logic circuit 842). This information may include, for example, an updated number of operations in which the surgical instrument was used and / or the dates and / or times of its use.
[0223] [0223] As discussed earlier, a surgical instrument can be removable from a handle (for example, the multifunctional surgical instrument can be removable from the handle) to promote interchangeability and / or disposability of the instrument. In such cases, conventional generators may be limited in their ability to recognize specific instrument configurations being used, as well as to optimize the control and diagnostic processes as needed. The addition of readable data circuits to surgical instruments to address this issue is problematic from a compatibility point of view, however. For example, designing a surgical instrument so that it remains backwards compatible with generators that lack the indispensable data reading functionality may be impractical due, for example, to different signaling schemes, design complexity and cost. The forms of instruments discussed in this document address these concerns through the use of data circuits that can be implemented in surgical instruments.
[0224] [0224] Additionally, the shapes of the generator 800 can enable communication with instrument-based data circuits. For example, generator 800 can be configured to communicate with a second data circuit contained in an instrument (for example, the multifunctional surgical instrument). In some ways, the second data circuit can be implemented in a manner similar to that of the first data circuit in the present document described. The instrument interface circuit 840 may comprise a second data circuit interface 848 to enable such communication. In one form, the second data loop interface 848 can comprise a three-state digital interface, although other interfaces can also be used. In certain ways, the second data circuit can generally be any circuit for transmitting and / or receiving data. In one form, for example, the second data circuit can store information related to the specific surgical instrument with which it is associated. This information may include, for example, a model number, a serial number, a number of operations in which the surgical instrument was used, and / or any other types of information.
[0225] [0225] In some ways, the second data circuit can store information about the ultrasonic and / or electronic properties of an associated ultrasonic transducer, end actuator or ultrasonic drive system. For example, the first data circuit may indicate a slope of the initialization frequency, as described in this document. In addition or alternatively, any type of information can be shared
[0226] [0226] In certain ways, the second data circuit and the second data circuit interface 848 can be configured so that communication between logic circuit 842 and the second data circuit can be carried out without the need to provide conduit - additional sensors for this purpose (for example, dedicated conductors of a cable that connects a handle to the generator 800). In one way, for example, information can be communicated to and from the second data circuit using a wire bus communication scheme implemented in existing wiring, as one of the used conductors that transmit signals inquiry from signal conditioning circuit 844 to a control circuit on a cable. In this way, changes or modifications to the design of the surgical device that may otherwise be necessary are minimized or reduced. In addition, due to the fact that different types of communications implemented on a common physical channel can be separated based on frequency, the presence of a second data circuit can be "invisible" to generators that do not have the indispensable functionality of reading data, which, therefore, allows the backward compatibility of the surgical instrument.
[0227] [0227] In certain forms, the isolated stage 802 may comprise at least one blocking capacitor 850-1 connected to the output of the drive signal 810b to prevent the passage of direct current to a patient. A single blocking capacitor may be required to comply with medical regulations and standards, for example. Although failures in designs with a single capacitor are relatively uncommon, this type of failure can still have negative consequences. In one form, a second 850-2 blocking capacitor can be supplied in series with the 850-1 blocking capacitor, with one-point current dispersion between the 850-1 and 850-2 blocking capacitors being monitored, for example, by an ADC 852 circuit for sampling a voltage induced by leakage current. Samples can be received, for example, via logic circuit 842. Changes based on the scattering current (as indicated by the voltage samples), generator 800 can determine when at least one of the blocking capacitors 850-1, 850-2 failed, thus offering a benefit over single capacitor designs that have a single point of failure.
[0228] [0228] In certain forms, the non-isolated stage 804 may comprise a power supply 854 to provide DC power with adequate voltage and current. The power supply can comprise, for example, a 400 W power supply to deliver a system voltage of 48 VDC. The power supply 854 can additionally comprise one or more DC / DC voltage converters 856 to receive the power supply output to generate DC outputs at the voltages and currents required by the various components of the generator
[0229] [0229] Figure 21 illustrates an example of generator 900, which is a form of generator 800 (Figure 20). The 900 generator is configured to supply multiple types of energy to a surgical instrument. The 900 generator provides ultrasonic and RF signals to supply energy to a surgical instrument, independently or simultaneously. The ultrasonic and RF signals can be supplied alone or in combination and can be supplied simultaneously. As indicated above, at least one generator output can provide multiple energy modalities (for example, ultrasonic, bipolar or monopolar RF, irreversible and / or reversible electroporation, and / or microwave energy, among others) through a single port, and these signals can be supplied separately or simultaneously to the end actuator to treat tissue.
[0230] [0230] Generator 900 comprises a processor 902 coupled to a waveform generator 904. Processor 902 and waveform generator 904 are configured to generate various signal waveforms based on information stored in a coupled memory to processor 902, not shown for clarity of description. The digital information associated with a waveform is supplied to the 904 waveform generator that includes one or more DAC circuits to convert the digital input into an analog output. The analog output is powered by an amplifier 1106 for signal conditioning and amplification. The conditioned and amplified output of the amplifier 906 is coupled to a power transformer 908. The signals are coupled by the power transformer 908 to the secondary side, which is on the isolation side.
[0231] [0231] A first voltage detection circuit 912 is coupled through the terminals identified as ENERGY1 and the RETURN path to measure the output voltage between them. A second voltage detection circuit 924 is coupled through the terminals identified as ENERGY2 and the RETURN path to measure the output voltage between them. A current detection circuit 914 is arranged in series with the RETURN leg on the secondary side of the power transformer 908 as shown to measure the output current for any energy modality. If different return paths are provided for each energy modality, then a separate current detection circuit would be provided on each return leg. The outputs of the first and second voltage detection circuits 912, 924 are supplied to the respective isolation transformers 916, 922, and the output of the current detection circuit 914 is supplied to another isolation transformer 918. The outputs of the Isolation transformers 916, 928, 922 on the primary side of the power transformer 908 (non-isolated side of the patient) are supplied to one or more ADC 926 circuits. The digitized output from the ADC 926 circuit is provided to the
[0232] [0232] In one aspect, the impedance can be determined by processor 902 by dividing the output of the first voltage detection circuit 912 coupled to the terminals identified as ENERGY1 / RETURN or the second voltage detection circuit 924 connected to the terminals identified as ENERGY2 / RETURN by the output of the current detection circuit 914 arranged in series with the RETURN leg on the secondary side of the power transformer 908. The outputs of the first and second voltage detection circuits 912, 924 are provided for separate the transformer isolations 916, 922 and the output of the current detection circuit 914 is provided to another isolation transformer 916. The digitalized voltage and current detection measurements from the ADC circuit 926 are provided to the processor 902 for compute the impedance. As an example, the first energy modality ENERGIA1 may be ultrasonic energy and the second energy modality ENERGIA2 may be RF energy. However, in addition to the ultrasonic and bipolar or monopolar RF energy modalities, other energy modalities include irreversible and / or reversible electroporation and / or microwave energy, among others. In addition, although the example shown in Figure 21 shows a single RETURN return path that can be provided for two or more energy modes, in other respects, multiple RETURN return paths can be provided for each ENERGY energy mode. Thus, as in the present document described, the impedance of the ultrasonic transducer can be measured by dividing the output of the first voltage detection circuit 912 by the current detection circuit 914 and the fabric impedance can be measured by dividing it. if the output of the second voltage detection circuit 924 through the current detection circuit 914.
[0233] [0233] As shown in Figure 21, the generator 900 comprising at least one output port may include a power transformer 908 with a single output and multiple taps to provide power in the form of one or more energy modalities, such as ultrasonic, bipolar or monopolar RF, irreversible and / or reversible electroporation, and / or microwave energy, among others, for example, to the end actuator depending on the type of tissue treatment that is performed. For example, the 900 generator can provide energy with higher voltage and lower current to drive an ultrasonic transducer, with lower voltage and higher current to conduct RF electrodes to seal the tissue or with a coagulation waveform for point coagulation using monopolar or bipolar RF electrosurgical electrodes. The output waveform of generator 900 can be oriented, switched or filtered to supply the frequency to the end actuator of the surgical instrument. The connection of an ultrasonic transducer to the output of generator 900 would preferably be located between the output identified as ENERGY1 and RETURN, as shown in Figure 21. In one example, a connection of bipolar RF electrodes to the output of the ge - rador 900 would preferably be located between the exit identified as ENERGY2 and the RETURN. In the case of monopolar output, the preferred connections would be active electrode (for example, light beam
[0234] [0234] Additional details are described in US Patent Application Publication No. 2017/0086914 entitled TECHNIQUES FOR OPERA-
[0235] [0235] As used throughout this description, the term "wireless" and its derivatives can be used to describe circuits, devices, systems, methods, techniques, communication channels, etc., which can communicate data through the use of electromagnetic radiation modulated through a non-solid medium. The term does not imply that the associated devices do not contain any wires, although in some ways they may not. The communication module can implement any of a number of wireless and wired communication standards or protocols, including, but not limited to, Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11 family), WiMAX (IEEE 802.16 family), IEEE 802.20, long-term evolution (LTE, "long-term evolution"), Ev-DO, HSPA +, HSDPA +, HSUPA +, EDGE, GSM, GPRS, CDMA, TDMA, DECT, Bluetooth, derived from their Ethernet, as well as any other wireless and wired protocols that are designated as 3G, 4G, 5G, and beyond. The computing module can include a plurality of communication modules. For example, a first communication module can be dedicated to short-range wireless communications like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, and a second communication module can be dedicated to longer-range wireless communications like GPS, EDGE, GPRS, CDMA , WiMAX, LTE, Ev-DO and others.
[0236] [0236] As used in the present invention, a processor or processing unit is an electronic circuit that performs operations
[0237] [0237] As used in this document, a system on a chip or system on the chip (SoC or SOC) is an integrated circuit (also known as an "IC" or "chip") that integrates all the components of a computer or other electronic systems. It can contain digital, analog, mixed and often radio frequency functions - all on a single substrate. A SoC integrates a microcontroller (or microprocessor) with advanced peripherals such as a graphics processing unit (GPU), Wi-Fi module, or coprocessor. An SoC may or may not contain internal memory.
[0238] [0238] As used in this document, a microcontroller or controller is a system that integrates a microprocessor with peripheral circuits and memory. A microcontroller (or MCU for the microcontroller unit) can be implemented as a small computer on a single integrated circuit. It can be similar to a SoC; a SoC can include a microcontroller as one of its components. A microcontroller can contain one or more core processing units (CPUs) together with memory and programmable input / output peripherals. Program memory in the form of ferroelectric RAM, NOR flash or OTP ROM is also often included on the chip, as well as a small amount of RAM. Microcontrollers can be used for integrated applications, in contrast to microprocessors used in personal computers or other general purpose applications that consist of several separate integrated circuits.
[0239] [0239] As used in the present invention, the term controller or microcontroller can be an independent chip or IC (integrated circuit) device that interfaces with a peripheral device. This can be a connection between two parts of a computer or a controller on an external device that manages the operation of (and connection to) that device.
[0240] [0240] Any of the processors or microcontrollers in the present invention can be any implemented by any single-core or multi-core processor, such as those known under the trade name ARM Cortex by Texas Instruments. In one aspect, the processor may be a Core Cortex-M4F LM4F230H5QR ARM processor, available from Texas Instruments, for example, which comprises an integrated 256 KB single-cycle flash memory, or other non-volatile memory , up to 40 MHz, a seek-ahead buffer to optimize performance above 40 MHz, a 32 KB single cycle serial random access memory (SRAM), an internal read-only memory (ROM) loaded with the StellarisWare® program , 2 KB programmable, electrically erasable read-only memory (EEPROM), one or more pulse width modulation (PWM) modules, one or more quadrature encoder (QEI) input analogues, one or more plus 12-bit analog to digital converters (ADC) with 12 analog input channels, details of which are available for the product data sheet.
[0241] [0241] In one aspect, the processor may comprise a safety controller that comprises two controller-based families, such as TMS570 and RM4x, known under the trade name Hercules ARM Cortex R4, also by Texas Instruments . The safety controller can be specifically configured for critical safety applications IEC 61508 and ISO 26262, among others, to provide advanced integrated safety features while providing performance.
[0242] [0242] The modular devices include the modules (as described in connection with Figures 3 and 9, for example) that are receivable within a central surgical controller and the surgical devices or instruments that can be connected to the various modules a in order to connect or pair with the corresponding central surgical controller. Modular devices include, for example, smart surgical instruments, medical imaging devices, suction / irrigation devices, smoke evacuators, power generators, fans, insufflators and displays. The modular devices described in this document can be controlled by control algorithms. The control algorithms can be executed on the modular device itself, on the central surgical controller to which the specific modular device is paired, or on both the modular device and the central surgical controller (for example, through a distributed computing architecture) . In some examples, the control algorithms of the modular devices control the devices based on the data detected by the modular device itself (that is, by sensors on, over or connected to the modular device). This data can be related to the patient being operated (for example, tissue properties or inflation pressure) or to the modular device itself (for example, the rate at which a knife is being advanced, the motor current, or the energy levels). For example, a control algorithm for a surgical stapling and cutting instrument can control the rate at which the instrument's motor drives its knife through the fabric according to the resistance encountered by the knife as it progresses. Data collection and management
[0243] [0243] In one aspect, the central surgical controller provides data storage facilities. Data storage includes the creation and use of self-describing data including identification features, management of redundant data sets and storage of data in a manner of paired data sets that can be grouped by surgery, but not necessarily linked. with the dates and the actual surgeons of the surgeries to keep the data anonymous. The following description incorporates by reference all the hardware and software processing techniques of the "central controller" and "cloud" analytical system to implement the specific data collection and management techniques described in this document, as incorporated with reference to the present invention. Figures 22 to 41 will be described in the context of the interactive surgical system environment 100 which includes a central surgical controller 106, 206 described with respect to Figures 1 to 11 and intelligent instruments and generators described with respect to Figures 12 to 21 Interaction of electronic medical record (RME)
[0244] [0244] Figure 22 is a 4000 diagram illustrating a technique for interacting with an electronic medical record database (RME) 4002, in accordance with an aspect of the present invention. In one aspect, the present invention provides a method for incorporating a key 4004 into the RME 4002 database located within the hospital or medical facility. A 4006 data barrier is provided to preserve the privacy of patient data and allows the reintegration of the extracted and isolated data pairs, as described later in this document, from the central surgical controller 106, 206 or the cloud 104, 204 is regrouped. A schematic diagram of the central surgical controller 206 is described in general in Figures 1 to 11 and, in particular, in Figures 9 to 10. Therefore, in the description of Figure 22, the reader is guided to Figures 1 to 11 and , in particular, Figures 9 to 10 for any details of implementation of the central surgical controller 206 that may be omitted herein for the sake of brevity and clarity of the description. Returning to Figure 22, the method allows users to have full access to all data collected during a surgical procedure and to patient information stored in the form of electronic medical records 4012. The regrouped data can may be displayed on a 4010 monitor coupled to the central surgical controller 206 or secondary surgical monitors, but are not permanently stored in any storage device of the central surgical controller 248. The regrouped data is temporarily stored in a storage device - ment 248 located in the central surgical controller 206 or in the cloud 204 and are deleted at the end of its use and overwritten to ensure that they cannot be recovered. The 4004 key in the RME 4002 database is used to reintegrate anonymous data from the central controller back into fully integrated electronic medical record data 4012.
[0245] [0245] As shown in Figure 22, the RME 4002 database is located within the hospital data barrier 4006. The RME 4002 database can be configured to store, retrieve and manage associative or other matrices. data structures known today as a dictionary or hash. Dictionaries contain a collection of objects, or records, which in turn have many different fields within them, each containing data. The patient's 4012 electronic medical records can be stored and retrieved using a key 4004 that uniquely identifies the patient's 4012 electronic medical record, and is used to quickly find data from the RME 4002 RME database. The RME key-value database system 4002 treats the data as a single opaque collection that can have different fields for each record.
[0246] [0246] Information from the RME 4002 database can be transmitted to the central surgical controller 206 and the patient's electronic medical record data 4012 is edited and extracted before being sent to an analytical system based on the central controller 206 or in the cloud 204. An anonymous data file 4016 is created by editing the patient's personal data and extracting the relevant data 4018 from the patient's electronic medical record 4012. For use in the present invention, the process of The edition includes deleting or removing the patient's personal information from the electronic medical record 4012 to create an edited record that includes only anonymous patient data.
[0247] [0247] In one aspect, the present invention provides a central surgical controller 206, as described in Figures 9 and 10, for example, the central surgical controller 206 comprising a processor 244; and a memory 249 coupled to processor 244. Memory 249 stores instructions executable by processor 244 to stop a surgical instrument 235, retrieve a first set of data from surgical instrument 235, interrogate a medical imaging device 238, retrieve a second data set from medical imaging device 238, associate the first and second data sets with a key and transmit the first and second data sets associated with a remote network, for example, the cloud 204, outside the central surgical controller 206. Surgical instrument 235 is a first source of patient data and the first data set is associated with a surgical procedure. Medical imaging device 238 is a second source of patient data and the second data set is associated with a result of the surgical procedure. The first and second data records are uniquely identified by the key.
[0248] [0248] In another aspect, the central surgical controller 206 provides a memory 249 that stores instructions executable by the processor 244 to retrieve the first data set using the key, anonymize the first data set, retrieve the second data set using the key, anonymize the second data set, pair the first and second anonymized data sets and determine the success rate of the surgical procedures grouped by the surgical procedure based on the first and second sets of anonymized paired data.
[0249] [0249] In another aspect, the central surgical controller 206 provides a memory 249 that stores instructions executable by processor 244 to retrieve the first set of anonymized data, retrieve the second set of anonymized data and reintegrate the first and second sets anonymized data using the key.
[0250] [0250] In another aspect, the first and second data sets define a first and a second data payload in the respective first and second data packets.
[0251] [0251] In several respects, the present invention provides a control circuit for associating the first and second data sets with a switch as described above. In several respects, the present invention provides a non-transient, computer-readable medium that stores computer-readable instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to associate the first and second data sets with a key as described above.
[0252] [0252] During a surgical procedure, it would be desirable to monitor the data associated with the surgical procedure to enable the configuration and operation of the instruments used during the procedure to optimize the surgical results. The technical challenge is to recover the data in a way that maintains the patient's anonymity to maintain the privacy of the data associated with the patient. The data can be used for conglomeration with other data without individualizing the data.
[0253] [0253] One solution provides a central surgical controller 206 to interrogate a database of patient electronic medical records 4002 to data from electronic medical records 4012, extract desirable or relevant patient data 4018 from patient electronic medical record 4012 and edit any personal information that could be used to identify the patient. The editing technique removes any information that can be used to correlate the relevant patient data extracted 4018 to a specific patient, surgery or time. The central surgical controller 206 and instruments 235 coupled to the central surgical controller 206 can then be configured and operated based on the relevant patient data extracted 4018.
[0254] [0254] As described in connection with Figure 22, extract (or remove) relevant data from patient 4018 from an electronic medical record of patient 4012 while editing any information that can be used to correlate the patient with surgery or a scheduled surgery time allows the relevant patient 4018 data to be anonymized. The anonymous data file 4016 can,
[0255] [0255] In one aspect, a 4006 hospital data barrier is created so that within the 4006 data barrier the data from various central surgical controllers 206 can be compared with the use of non-anonymized and unedited data, and outside the bar - from data 4006 the data from several central surgical controllers 206 are extracted to maintain anonymity and protect the privacy of the patient and the surgeon. This aspect is further discussed in conjunction with Figure 26.
[0256] [0256] In one aspect, data from a central surgical controller 206 can be exchanged between central surgical controllers 206 (for example, from central surgical controller to central surgical controller, from key to key or from router to router) to provide hospital analysis and data display. Figure 1 shows an example of multiple central controllers 106 communicating with each other and with cloud 104. This aspect is also further discussed together with Figure 26.
[0257] [0257] In another aspect, an artificial time measurement is replaced by a real-time clock for all information stored internally within an instrument 235, a robot located in a robotic central controller 222, a central surgical controller 206 and / or hospital computerized equipment. Anonymized data, which may include anonymized patient and surgeon data, is transmitted to server 213 in cloud 204 and is stored on cloud storage device 205 coupled to server 213. Replacing an artificial real-time clock makes it possible to anonymizing patient data and surgeon data while maintaining data continuity. In one aspect, instrument 235, robotic central controller 222, central surgical controller 206 and / or cloud 204 are configured to obscure patient identification (ID) while maintaining data continuity. This aspect is further discussed in conjunction with Figure 23.
[0258] [0258] Within the central surgical controller 206, a local decryption key 4004 allows information retrieved from the central surgical controller 206 to re-establish the real-time information of the anonymized data set located in the data file anonymous 4016. Data stored in central controller 206 or in cloud 204, however, cannot be reinstated in real-time information from the anonymized data set in anonymized data file 4016. Key 4004 is kept locally on the computer the central surgical controller 206 / storage device 248 in an encrypted format. The network processor ID of the central surgical controller 206 is part of the decoding mechanism, so if key 4004 and data are removed, the anonymized data set in the anonymous data file 4016 cannot be restored other than on the computer of the original central surgical controller 206 / storage device 248. Replacement of artificial time measurement with a real time clock for all information stored internally and sent to the cloud as a means of anonymizing patient and patient data surgeon
[0259] [0259] Figure 23 illustrates a 4030 process of anonymity of a surgical procedure by replacing an artificial time measurement with a real time clock for all information.
[0260] [0260] Figure 24 illustrates an ultrasonic sensor of an operating room wall to determine a distance between a central surgical controller and the operating room wall, in accordance with at least one aspect of the present invention. Referring also to Figure 2, the spatial perception of the central surgical controller 206 and its ability to map an operating room for potential components of the surgical system allows the central surgical controller 206 to make autonomous decisions about whether to include or excludes such potential components as part of the surgical system, which relieves the surgical team from dealing with such tasks. In addition, the central surgical controller 206 is configured to make inferences about, for example, the type of surgical procedure to be performed in the operating room based on information collected before, during and / or after the performance of the surgical procedure. Examples of information collected include the types of devices that are taken to the operating room, the time of introduction of such devices in the operating room and / or the sequence of activation of the devices.
[0261] [0261] In one aspect, the central surgical controller 206 uses the operating room mapping module, such as the non-contact sensor module 242 to determine the limits of the operating room (for example, an operating room or a fixed, mobile or temporary space) with the use of measuring devices without ultrasonic contact or laser.
[0262] [0262] Now with reference to Figure 24, 3002 ultrasound-based non-contact sensors can be used to scan the operating room by transmitting an ultrasound wave and receiving echo when it bounces off a 3006 perimeter wall of a room of operation to determine the size of the operating room and adjust the short-range wireless connection, for example, Bluetooth, pairing distance limits. In one example, the 3002 non-contact sensors can be ping ultrasonic distance sensors, as shown in Figure 24.
[0263] [0263] Figure 24 shows how an ultrasonic sensor 3002 sends a short chirp with its ultrasonic speaker 3003 and allows a microcontroller 3004 from the operating room mapping module.
[0264] [0264] In one example, a central surgical controller 206 can be equipped with four ultrasonic sensors 3002, each of the four ultrasonic sensors being configured to assess the distance between the central surgical controller 206 and an operating room wall. 3000. A central surgical controller 206 can be equipped with more or less than four ultrasonic sensors 3002 to determine the limits of an operating room.
[0265] [0265] Other distance sensors can be used by the operating room mapping module to determine the limits of an operating room. In one example, the operating room mapping module can be equipped with one or more photoelectric sensors that can be used to assess the limits of an operating room. In one example, suitable laser distance sensors can also be used to assess the limits of an operating room. Laser-based non-contact sensors can scan the operating room by transmitting pulses of laser light, receiving pulses of laser light that bounce off the perimeter walls of the operating room and comparing the phase of the transmitted pulse to the received pulse to determine the size of the room operation and adjust the short-range wireless connection, for example, Bluetooth, pairing distance limits. Removing image data and data from connected smart instruments to enable conglomeration, but not individualization
[0266] [0266] In one aspect, the present invention provides a data extraction method that interrogates the provided electronic patient records, extracts the relevant portions to configure and operate the central surgical controller and the instruments attached to the central surgical controller. , while anonymizing the surgery, the patient and all identifying parameters to maintain patient privacy.
[0267] [0267] Now again with reference to Figure 23 and also with reference to Figures 1 to 11 to show the interaction with an interactive surgical system 100, an environment that includes a central surgical controller 106, 206, when the size of the operation has been verified and the Bluetooth pairing is complete, based on artificial real time, the computer processor 244 of the central surgical controller 206 starts extracting 4038 of the data received from the modules coupled to the central surgical controller 206. In one example, processor 244 starts extracting 4083 from images received from image module 238 and connected smart instruments 235, for example. The 4038 extraction of the data allows data to be clustered, but not to individualize the data. This makes it possible to extract the 4038 data identifier, connect the data and monitor an event, while maintaining patient privacy.
[0268] [0268] With reference to Figures 1 to 24, in one aspect, a 4038 data extraction method is provided. According to data extraction method 4038, processor 244 of the central surgical controller 206 interrogates patient records stored in the database of central surgical controller 238 and extracts the relevant portions from patient records to configure and operate the central surgical controller 206 and its instruments 235, robots and other modular devices, for example, modules. The 4038 data extraction method minimizes the surgical procedure, the patient and all the identification parameters associated with the surgical procedure. The dynamic extraction of 4038 data ensures that the data is never correlated to a specific patient, surgical procedure, surgeon, time or other possible identifiers that can be used to correlate the data.
[0269] [0269] The data can be extracted 4038 for compilation of the base information on a remote cloud database storage device 205 attached to the remote server 213. The data stored on the data storage device 248 can be be used in an advanced cloud-based analysis, as described in US provisional patent application serial number 62 / 611,340, filed on December 28, 2017, entitled CLOUD-BASED MEDICAL ANALYTICS, which is in the present document incorporated by reference in its entirety. A copy of the information with intact data links can also be stored in patient's RME database 4002 (Figure 22). For example, the central surgical controller 206 can import irregularities or comorbidities from the patient's tissue to add to an existing data set stored in database 248. Data can be extracted 4038 before surgery and / or 4038 can be extracted as the data
[0270] [0270] Still with continued reference to Figures 1 to 11 and 22 to 24, Figure 25 is a 4050 diagram that represents the process of importing patient 4012 electronic medical records that contain relevant surgical procedure and patient data 4018 stored in the RME 4002 database, extraction 4038 of relevant patient data 4018 from imported medical records 4012 and identification 4060 of the implications, or inferences, of the smart device 4062 according to one aspect of the present invention. As shown in Figure 25, the electronic medical records of patient 4012, which contain information stored in the RME database of patient 4002, are retrieved from the REM database 4002, imported into the central surgical controller 206 and stored on the central surgical controller 206 storage device 248. Unedited data is removed or deleted 4019 from patient 4012 electronic medical records before being stored on the central surgical controller 206 storage device 248 as a backup file. anonymous data 4016 (Figure 22). Relevant patient data 4018 is then extracted 4038 from medical records 4012 to remove desired desired patient data 4018 and erase 4019 unedited data to maintain patient anonymity. In the illustrated example, the data extracted 4058 includes emphysema, high blood pressure, small lung cancer, warfarin / anticoagulant and / or radiation pretreatment. The data extracted 4058 is used to identify 4060 the implications of the smart device while maintaining patient anonymity, as described later in this document.
[0271] [0271] Although surgical procedure data and relevant patient 4018 data are described as being imported from patient 4012 electronic medical records stored in the RME 4002 database, in several respects, surgical procedure data and relevant patient data 4018 can be retrieved from a modular device attached to central surgical controller 206 before being stored in the RME 4002 database. For example, central surgical controller 206 can interrogate the module to retrieve surgical procedure data and relevant patient 4018 data from the module. As described in this document, a module includes an imaging module 238 that is attached to an endoscope 239, a generator module 240 that is attached to a power device 241, a smoke evacuation module 226, a module suction / irrigation 228, a communication module 230, a processor module 232, a storage matrix 234, an intelligent device / instrument 235 optionally coupled to a screen 237 and a non-contact sensor module 242, among other modules, as illustrated in Figures 3 and 8 to 10.
[0272] [0272] For example, the anonymized data extracted 4058 can be used to identify 4060 catastrophic failures of instruments, and other intelligent devices, and can initiate an automatic data archiving and submission process for analysis of other implications. For example, the implication of detecting a counterfeit component or adapter in an original equipment manufacturer ("OEM") device would be to start documenting the component and recording the results and the consequence of its use. use. For example, the central surgical controller 206 can execute situational awareness algorithms, as described in connection with Figure 41. In one aspect, the central surgical controller 206 can receive or initially identify a variety of 4062 implications that are derived of anonymized data extracted 4058.
[0273] [0273] In an example related to a stapler type of a 235 surgical instrument, based on the 4062 implications identified 4060 from anonymized data extracted 4058, the control logic or processor 244 of the central surgical controller 206 may ( i) notify the stapler to adjust the compression rate limit parameter, (ii) adjust the viewing limit value of the central surgical controller 206 to quantify bleeding and internal parameters, (iii) notify the module generator of the lung tissue combo 240 and vascular tissue types so that the control algorithms of the generator module 240 and the energy are adjusted accordingly, (iv) notify the imaging module 238 of the aggressive cancer marker to adjust the margin ranges accordingly, (v) notify the stapler of the required margin parameter adjustment (the margin parameter corresponds to the distance or amount of tissue around the cancer that will be removed a), and (vi) notify the stapler that the fabric is potentially fragile. In addition, the anonymized data extracted 4058, on which the implications 40602 are based, are identified by the central surgical controller 206 and are fed into the situational perception algorithm (see Figure 41). Examples include, without limitation, thoracic resection of the lungs, for example, segmentectomy, among others.
[0274] [0274] Figure 26 is a 4070 diagram illustrating the application of cloud-based analysis to unedited patient data, relevant patient data extracted 4018 and independent data pairs, in accordance with an aspect of the present invention. As shown, multiple central surgical controllers, Central surgical controller # 1 4072, Central surgical controller # 3 4074 and Central surgical controller # 4 4076 are located within hospital data barrier 4006 (see also Figure 22) . The electronic medical record of the unedited patient 4012, which includes patient data and data related to surgery, can be used and exchanged between central surgical controllers: Central surgical controller # 1 4072, Central surgical controller # 3 4074 and Central Surgical Controller # 4 4076 located within hospital data barrier 4006. Before transmitting the electronic medical record of the unedited patient 4012 containing patient data and data related to surgery outside the barrier data from hospital 4006, however, patient data from patient electronic medical record 4012 is edited and extracted to create an anonymous data file 4016 that contains anonymized information for analysis and further processing of data edited / extracted by pro- cloud-based analytical processes in the cloud 204.
[0275] [0275] Figure 27 is a 4080 logic flow diagram of a process that represents a control program or configuration.
[0276] [0276] In another aspect, the central surgical controller 206 provides a memory 249 that stores instructions executable by the processor 244 to retrieve the first data set using the key, anonymize the first data set, retrieve the second data set using the key, anonymize the second data set, pair the first and second anonymized data sets and determine the success rate of the surgical procedures grouped by the surgical procedure based on the first and second sets of anonymized paired data.
[0277] [0277] In another aspect, the central surgical controller 206 provides a memory 249 that stores instructions executable by processor 244 to retrieve the first set of anonymized data, retrieve the second set of anonymized data and reintegrate the first and second sets anonymized data using the key.
[0278] [0278] Figure 28 is a logic flow diagram of a 4400 process that represents a control program or a logical configuration for extracting data in order to extract relevant portions of the data to configure and operate the central surgical controller 206 and the modules. them (e.g., instruments 235) coupled to the central surgical controller 206, in accordance with an aspect of the present invention. With reference to Figure 28 and also with reference to Figures 1 to 11, to show interaction with an interactive surgical system environment 100 that includes a central surgical controller 106, 206, in one aspect, the central surgical controller 206 can be configured to interrogate a module coupled to the central surgical controller 206 for data, and extract the data to extract relevant portions of the data to configure and operate the central surgical controller 206 and the modules (eg instruments 235) coupled to the central surgical controller 206 and anonymize the surgery, the patient and other parameters that can be used to identify the patient to maintain the patient's privacy. According to process 4400, in one aspect, the present invention provides a central surgical controller 206 that includes a processor 244, a central modular communication controller 203 coupled to processor 244, the central modular communication controller being 203 is configured to connect modular devices located in one or more operating rooms to the con-
[0279] [0279] In another aspect, where the anonymized data set includes a catastrophic failure of a modular device, memory 249 stores instructions executable by processor 244 to start archiving and submitting data automatically for analysis of implications with based on the catastrophic failure of the modular device. In another aspect, memory 249 stores instructions executable by processor 244 to detect counterfeit component information from the anonymized data set. In another aspect, memory 249 stores instructions executable by processor 244 to derive the implications of the modular device from the anonymized data set and memory 249 stores instructions executable by processor 244 to configure the modular device to operate with derived implications or configuring the central surgical controller based on derived implications. In another aspect, memory 249 stores instructions executable by processor 244 to control
[0280] [0280] In one aspect, the present invention provides packages of self-describing data generated in the issuing instrument and which include identifiers for all devices that handled the package. Self-description allows the processor to interpret the data in the self-describing package without knowing the data type in advance before receiving the self-describing package. The data applies to each data point or data chain and includes the type of data, the source of the self-describing package, the identification of the device that generated the package, the units, the generation time of the package and an authentication that the data contained in the package is unchanged. When the processor (on the device or central surgical controller) receives an unexpected package and verifies the source of the package, the processor changes collection techniques to be ready for any subsequent packages from that source.
[0281] [0281] Referring also to Figures 1 to 11 to show the interaction with an interactive surgical system environment 100 that includes a central surgical controller 106, 206, during a surgical procedure that is performed in a cyber controller environment
[0282] [0282] One solution provides techniques to minimize data size and manipulate data within a central surgical controller 206 by generating a self-describing package. The self-description package is initially assembled by the 235 instrument that generated it. The package is then ordered and encrypted by generating an encryption certificate that is unique to each data package. The data is then communicated from the instrument 235 through encrypted wired or wireless protocols and stored in the central surgical controller 206 for processing and transmission to a cloud analysis mechanism 204. Each data packet self-describing data includes an identifier to identify the specific instrument that generated it and the time it was generated. The identifier of the central surgical controller 206 is added to the package when the package is received by the central surgical controller 206.
[0283] [0283] In one aspect, the present invention provides a central surgical controller 206 comprising a processor 244 and a memory coupled to processor 244 249. Memory 249 stores instructions executable by processor 244 to receive a first data packet from from a first source, receiving a second data packet from a second source, associating the first and second data packets and generating a third data packet comprising the first and second data payloads. The first data packet comprises a first preamble, a first data payload, a source of the first data payload and a first encryption certificate. The first preamble defines the first
[0284] [0284] In another aspect, memory 249 stores instructions executable by processor 244 to determine that a data payload is from a new source, verify the new data payload source and change a data collection process in the controller central surgery to receive subsequent data packets from the new source.
[0285] [0285] In another aspect, memory 249 stores instructions executable by processor 244 to associate the first and second packages based on a key. In another aspect, memory 249 stores instructions executable by processor 244 to anonymize the data payload of the third data packet. In another aspect, memory 249 stores instructions executable by processor 244 to receive a third anonymized data packet and to reintegrate the third anonymized data packet into the first and second data packets using the key.
[0286] [0286] In several respects, the present invention provides a control circuit for receiving and processing data packets as described above. In many respects, the present invention provides a non-transitory, computer-readable medium that stores computer-readable instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to receive and process packages as described above.
[0287] [0287] In other respects, the present invention relates to a method for generating a data package that comprises self-describing data. In one aspect, a surgical instrument includes a processor and memory attached to the processor, a control circuit and / or a computer-readable medium configured to generate a data packet comprising a preamble, a data payload, a source of data. data payload and an encryption certificate. The preamble defines the data payload and the encryption certificate verifies the authenticity of the data packet. In many ways, the data package can be generated by any module attached to the central surgical controller. Self-describing data packages minimize data size and data transmission in the central surgical controller.
[0288] [0288] In one aspect, the present invention provides a package of self-describing data generated in an emitting device (e.g., instrument, tool, robot). The self-describing data package comprises identifiers for all devices that handle the data package along a communication path; a self-description to enable a processor to interpret that data contained in the data packet without having been informed in advance of receiving the data packet along a trajectory; data for each data point or data chain; and data type, data source, the IDs of the device that generated the data, data units, generation time and authentication that the data packet is unchanged. In another aspect, when a processor receives a data packet from an unexpected source and checks the data source, the processor changes the data collection technique to prepare for any subsequent data packets from the source .
[0289] [0289] In the creation and use of a data package that comprises self-describing data, the central surgical controller includes identification features. The central surgical controller and smart devices use self-describing data packets to minimize data size and data manipulation. In a central surgical controller that generates large volumes of data, self-describing data packages minimize data size and data manipulation, thereby saving time and enabling the operating room to function more efficiently.
[0290] [0290] Figure 29 is illustrating a 4100 self-describing data package comprising self-describing data, in accordance with an aspect of the present invention. Referring also to Figures 1 to 11, to show the interaction with an interactive surgical system environment 100 that includes a central surgical controller 106, 206, in one aspect, the 4100 self-describing data packages, as shown in Figure 29, are generated on an emitting instrument 235, or device or module located in the operating room or communicating with it, and include identifiers for all devices 235 that handle the packet along a communication path. Self-description allows a processor 244 to interpret the data payload of the 4100 packet without having prior knowledge of the data payload definition before receiving the self-describing 4100 data packet. Processor 244 can interpret the data payload by analyzing an incoming 4100 self-describing packet as it is received and identifies the data payload without being previously notified that the 4100 self-describing packet has been received. The data is for each data point or data chain. The data payload includes the data type, the data source, the IDs of the device that generated the data, the data units, when the data was generated and an authentication that the 4100 self-describing data pack is unchanged . When processor 244, which may be located on the device or central surgical controller 206, receives an unexpected 4100 self-describing data packet and
[0291] [0291] The 4100 self-describing data package includes not only the data, but a preamble that defines what data is and where the data came from, as well as an encryption certificate that verifies the authenticity of each 4100 data package. As shown in Figure 29, the 4100 data packet may comprise a self-describing data head 4102 (for example, force to fire ["FTF" - force-to-fire], force to close ["FTC" - force-to-close], energy amplitude, energy frequency, energy pulse width, firing speed, and the like), a device ID 4104 (for example, 002), a drive shaft ID 4106 (for example, W30), a cartridge ID 4108 (for example, 28ESN736), a unique date and time stamp 4110 (for example, 9:35min15s), a force value to fire 4112 (for example, 85) when the self-describing data head 4102 include FTF (force to fire), otherwise this position in the 4100 data packet includes the value of force to close, energy amplitude, energy frequency, energy pulse width, firing speed, and the like. The 4100 data pack additionally includes the fabric thickness value 4114 (for example, 1.1 mm) and a 4116 data value identification certificate (for example, 01101010001001) which is unique for each packet of data. 4100 data. When the 4100 self-describing data packet is received by another instrument 235, the central surgical controller 206, cloud 204, etc., the receiver analyzes the self-describing data head 4102 and, based on its value, knows what type of data is contained in the 4100 self-describing data package. Table 1 below lists the value of the 4102 self-describing data head and the value of the corresponding data. Self-describing data head (4102) FTF data type Force to fire (N) FTC Force to close (N) EA Energy amplitude (J) EF Energy frequency (Hz) EPW Energy pulse width (S) SOF Speed of energy trigger (mm / s) Table 1
[0292] [0292] Each 4100 self-describing data package comprising self-describing data is initially assembled by the 235 instrument, device, or module that generated the self-describing data package
[0293] [0293] Each 4100 self-describing data package comprising self-describing data includes a device ID 4104 to identify the specific instrument 235 that generated the 4100 self-describing data package, a 4110 time stamp to indicate the time - river in which the 4100 data packet was generated, and when the 4100 data packet was generated and when the self-describing data packet is received by the central surgical controller 206. The central surgical controller ID 206 can also be added to the 4100 self-describing data.
[0294] [0294] Each of the 4100 self-describing data packets comprising self-describing data can include a package wrapper that defines the beginning of the 4100 data pack and the end of the 4100 data pack which includes any identifiers necessary to predict the number and the order of the bits in the self-describing data packet.
[0295] [0295] The central surgical controller 206 also manages redundant data sets. As device 235 works and interconnects with other central surgical controllers 206, multiple sets of the same data can be created and stored on multiple devices 235. Consequently, central surgical controller 206 manages multiple redundant data images as well as anonymization and data security. The central surgical controller 206 also provides temporary viewing and communication, incident management, peer processing or distributed processing, and data storage and protection backup.
[0296] [0296] Figure 30 is a 4120 logical flowchart of a process representing a control program or a logical configuration for using data packages that comprise self-describing data, in accordance with an aspect of the present invention. Referring to Figures 1 to 29, in one aspect, the present invention provides a central surgical controller 206 comprising a processor 244 and a memory coupled to processor 244 249. Memory 249 stores instructions executable by processor 244 to receive a first data packet from a first source, receive a second data packet from a second source, associate the first and second data packets and generate a third data packet comprising the first and the second payloads of data. The first data package
[0297] [0297] In another aspect, memory 249 stores instructions executable by processor 244 to determine that a data payload is from a new source, verify the new data payload source and change a data collection process in the controller central surgery to receive subsequent data packets from the new source.
[0298] [0298] In another aspect, memory 249 stores instructions executable by processor 244 to associate the first and second packages based on a key. In another aspect, memory 249 stores instructions executable by processor 244 to anonymize the data payload of the third data packet. In another aspect, memory 244 stores instructions executable by processor 244 to receive a third anonymized data packet and to reintegrate the third anonymized data packet into the first and second data packets using the key.
[0299] [0299] Figure 31 is a 4130 logic flow diagram of a process that represents a control program or a logical configuration for using data packages that comprise self-describing data, in accordance with an aspect of the present invention. With reference to Figure 31 and also with reference to Figures 1 to 11,
[0300] [0300] In various respects, memory 249 stores instructions executable by processor 244 to receive a second packet of self-describing data from a second data source, the second packet of self-describing data comprising a second preamble, a second data payload, a source of the second data payload, and a second encryption certificate. The second preamble defines the second data payload and the second encryption certificate verifies the authenticity of the second data packet. Memory 249 stores instructions executable by processor 244 to analyze the second preamble received, interpret the second data payload based on the second preamble, associate the first and second self-describing data packets and generate a third self-describing data packet comprising the first and second payloads of data. In one aspect, the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to anonymize the data payload of the third self-describing data packet.
[0301] [0301] In several respects, memory stores instructions executable by the processor to determine that a data payload has been generated by a new data source, to check the new data source for the data payload and to change a collection process data in the central surgical controller to receive subsequent data packets from the new data source. In one aspect, memory stores instructions executable by the processor to associate the first and second self-describing data packets based on a key. In another aspect, the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to receive a third packet of self-describing data and reintegrate the third packet of self-describing data anonymized in the first and second packets of self-describing data using the key. . Data storage in a manner of paired data sets that can be grouped by surgery, but not necessarily keyed to actual surgery and surgeon dates
[0302] [0302] In one aspect, the present invention provides a method of data pairing that allows a central surgical controller to interconnect to a measured device parameter with a surgical result. The data pair includes all relevant surgical data or patient qualifiers without any data that identifies the patient. The data pair is generated in two separate and distinct time periods. The description additionally provides the configuration and storage of the data in order to be able to reconstruct a chronological series of events or merely a series of coupled but not restricted data sets. The description additionally provides data storage in an encrypted form with predefined backup and mirrored to the cloud.
[0303] [0303] To determine the success or failure of a surgical procedure, the data stored in a surgical instrument must be correlated with the result of the surgical procedure while simultaneously anonymizing the data to protect the patient's privacy. One solution is to pair the data associated with a surgical procedure, as recorded by the surgical instrument during the surgical procedure, with the data that assess the effectiveness of the procedure. The data are paired without identifiers associated with the surgery, the patient or the time to preserve anonymity. Paired data is generated in two separate and distinct time periods.
[0304] [0304] In one aspect, the present invention provides a central surgical controller configured to communicate with a surgical instrument. The central surgical controller comprises a processor and a memory attached to the processor. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to receive a first set of data associated with a surgical procedure, receive a second set of data associated with the effectiveness of the surgical procedure, anonymize the first and second sets of data by removing the information that identify a patient, a surgery or a scheduled surgery time, and store the first and second anonymized data sets to generate a pair of data grouped by surgery. The first set of data is generated in a first time, the second set of data is generated in a second time, and the second time is separated and distinct from the first time.
[0305] [0305] In another aspect, memory stores instructions executable by the processor to reconstruct a series of chronological events based on the data pair. In another aspect, memory stores instructions executable by the processor to reconstruct a series of coupled but not
[0306] [0306] In several respects, the present invention provides a control circuit for receiving and processing data sets as described above. In many respects, the present invention provides a non-transient, computer-readable medium that stores computer-readable instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to receive and process the assemblies as described above.
[0307] [0307] Storing anonymous paired data allows the hospital or surgeon to use data pairs locally to link to specific surgeries or to store data pairs to analyze general trends without extracting specific events chronologically.
[0308] [0308] In one aspect, the central surgical controller provides storage and configuration of user-defined data. Data storage can be done in a manner of paired data sets that can be grouped by surgery, but not necessarily keyed to actual surgical dates and surgeries. This technique provides anonymity of data with respect to the patient and the surgeon.
[0309] [0309] In one aspect, the present invention provides a method of data pairing. The method of data pairing comprises enabling a central surgical controller to interconnect to a parameter measured by the device with a result, with a pair of data including all relevant tissue or patient qualifiers without any of the identifiers, the data pair being generated in two separate and distinct time periods. In another aspect, the present invention provides a data configuration that includes the question of whether the data is stored in a way that allows the reconstruction of a chronological series of events or merely a series of coupled data sets but not restricted. In another aspect, data can be stored in an encrypted form. The stored data can comprise a predefined backup and mirror to the cloud.
[0310] [0310] The data can be encrypted locally on the device. The data can be backed up automatically to an integrated secondary load storage device. The device and / or the central surgical controller can be configured to maintain the data storage time and compile and transmit the data to another location for storage, for example, another central surgical controller or a naked storage device. comes. The data can be grouped together and switched for transmission to the analysis location in the cloud. A cloud-based analysis system is described in provisional US patent application serial number 62 / 611,340 by the same applicant, which was filed on December 28, 2017, entitled CLOUD-BASED MEDICAL ANALYTICS, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
[0311] [0311] In another aspect, the central surgical controller provides the user with selectable options for data storage. In one technique, the central controller allows the hospital or the surgeon to select whether data should be stored in a way that allows it to be used locally on a central surgical controller to link to specific surgeries. In another technique, the central surgical controller allows data to be stored as pairs of data so that general trends can be analyzed without specific events extracted in a chronological manner.
[0312] [0312] Figure 32 is a diagram 4150 of a tumor 4152 located in the upper right posterior lobe 4154 of the direct lung 4156, according to an aspect of the present invention. To remove tumor 4152, the surgeon cuts around tumor 4152 along the perimeter generally designated as a margin 4158. A fissure 4160 separates the upper lobe 4162 and the intermediate lobe 4164 from the right lung 4156. To to remove tumor 4152 around margin 4158, the surgeon must cut the bronchial vessels 4166 that connect to and from the intermediate lobe 4164 and the upper lobe 4162 of the right lung 4156. The bronchial vessels 4166 need to be sealed and cut with the use of a device such as a surgical stapler, an electrosurgical instrument, an ultrasonic instrument, a combination of an electrosurgical / ultrasonic instrument and / or a combination of a stapler / electrosurgical device generically represented in the present invention as the instrument device 235 attached to the central surgical controller 206. Device 235 is configured to record data as described above, which are formed as a pac ote of data, encrypted, stored and / or transmitted to a remote data storage device 105 and processed by server 113 in cloud 104. Figures 37 and 38 are diagrams illustrating the right lung 4156 and the embedded bronchial tree 4250 inside the parenchyma tissue of the lung.
[0313] [0313] In one aspect, the data package may be in the form of the self-describing data 4100 described in connection with Figures 29 to 31. The self-describing data package 4100 will contain the information recorded by device 235 during the procedure. Such information may include, for example, a self-describing data head
[0314] [0314] The data transmitted using a 4100 self-descriptive data package is sampled by the device of the instrument 235 at a predetermined sampling rate. Each sample is formed into a 4100 self-describing data packet that is transmitted to the
[0315] [0315] Figure 33 is a 4170 diagram of a surgical procedure for resection of a lung tumor that includes four separate shots of a 235 surgical stapling device for veining and cutting 4166 bronchial vessels exposed in fissure 4160 up to and from the upper and lower lobes 4162, 4164 of the right lung 4156 shown in Figure 32, according to an aspect of the present invention. Surgical stapling device 235 is identified by a device ID "002". The data for each shot of the 235 surgical stapling device is recorded and formed into a 4100 data package that comprises the self-describing data as shown in Figure 30. The 4100 self-describing data package shown in Figure 30 is representative of the first trigger of the "002" device that has a staple cartridge with serial number ESN736, for example. In the following description, reference is also made to Figures 12 to 19 for descriptions of various instrument / device architectures 235 that include a processor or a control circuit coupled with a memory to record (for example, saving or storing ) data collected during a surgical procedure.
[0316] [0316] The first shot 4172 is recorded at an anonymous time of 9:35min15s. The first shot 4172 seals and cuts a first bronchial vessel 4166 to and from the intermediate lobe 4164 and to and from the upper lobe 4162 of the right lung 4156 in a first portion 4166a and a second portion 4166b, with each portion 4166a , 4166b is sealed by a respective first and second staple lines 4180a, 4180b. The information associated with the first trigger 4172, for example, the information described in connection with Figure 30, is recorded in the memory of the surgical stapling device 235 and is used to build a first self-describing 4100 data packet described in connection with Figures 29 to 31. The first 4100 self-description package can be transmitted at the end of the first 4172 shot or can be stored in the memory of the surgical stapling device 235 until the surgical procedure is completed. Once transmitted by the surgical stapling device 235, the first 4100 self-describing data packet is received by the central surgical controller 206. The first 4100 self-describing data packet is anonymized by the 4038 date and time extraction and stamping of the data, as discussed, for example, in connection with Figure 23. After the pulmonary surgical resection is completed, the integrity of the seals of the first and second staple lines 4182a, 4182b will be evaluated as shown in Figure 34, for example - example, and the results of the assessment will be paired with the information associated with the first 4172 shot.
[0317] [0317] The second shot 4174 seals and cuts a second bronchial vessel between the bronchial vessels 4166 up to and from the intermediate lobe 4164 and up to and from the upper lobe 4162 of the right lung.
[0318] [0318] The third shot 4176 is recorded in the anonymous time of 09h42min12s. The third shot 4176 seals and cuts an outer portion of the upper and intermediate lobes 4162, 4164 of the right lung
[0319] [0319] The fourth shot 4178 seals and cuts an inner portion of the upper and intermediate lobes 4162, 4162 of the right lung 4156. The first and second lines of clamps 4182c, 4182d are used to seal the outer portions of the upper and intermediate lobes 4162 ,
[0320] [0320] Figure 34 is a graphical illustration 4190 of a force to close (FTC) curve versus time 4192 and a force to fire (FTF) curve versus time 4194 featuring the first trigger 4172 of device 002 shown in Figure 33, according to an aspect of the present invention. Surgical stapling device 235 is identified as 002 with a 30 mm staple cartridge serial number ESN736 with a PVS drive shaft serial number M3615N (drive shaft ID W30). Surgical stapling device 235 was used for the first shot 4172 to complete the pulmonary resection surgical procedure shown in Figure 33. As shown in Figure 34, the peak force of the shooting force of 85 N is recorded at anonymous time 09h35min15s. The algorithms in the surgical stapler device 235 determine a tissue thickness of about 1.1 mm. As described later in this document, the FTC curve versus time 4192 and the FTF curve versus time 4194 featuring the first shot 4172 of surgical device 235 identified by ID 002 will be paired with the result of the pulmonary resection surgical procedure. , transmitted to the operating room 206, anonymized and stored in the central surgical controller 206 or transmitted to the cloud 204 for aggregation, further processing, analysis, among others.
[0321] [0321] Figure 35 is a 4200 diagram illustrating a laser Doppler of staple line visualization to assess the integrity of staple line seals by monitoring bleeding from a vessel after a stapler is fired. surgical, in accordance with an aspect of the present invention.
[0322] [0322] Figure 36 illustrates two paired data sets 4210 grouped by surgery, in accordance with an aspect of the present invention. The upper paired data set 4212 is grouped by one surgery and a lower paired data set 4214 is grouped by another surgery. The upper paired data set 4212, for example, is grouped by the lung tumor resection surgery discussed in connection with Figures 33 to 36. Consequently, the remainder of the description in Figure 36 will make reference to the information described in Figures 32 to 35 and Figures 1 to 21 to show the interaction with an interactive surgical system environment 100 that includes a central surgical controller 106, 206. The lower paired data set 4214 is grouped by a procedure surgical resection of a liver tumor in which the surgeon treated the parenchyma tissue. The upper paired data set is associated with a failed staple line seal and the lower paired data set is associated with a successful staple line seal. The upper and lower stale data sets 4212, 4214 are sampled by the device of the instrument 235 and for each sample formed in a self-descriptive data package 4100 that is transmitted to the central surgical controller 206 and eventually is transmitted from the central surgical controller 206 for cloud 204. Samples can be stored locally on the device of instrument 235 prior to packaging or can be transmitted in real time. The sample rate and transmission rate are dictated by the communication traffic at the central controller 206 and can be dynamically adjusted to accommodate current bandwidth limitations.
[0323] [0323] The upper paired data set 4212 includes a left data set 4216 registered by the instrument / device 235 during the first trigger 4172 connected 4224 to a right data set 4218 registered at the time the staple line seal 4180a of the first 4166a bronchial vessel was evaluated. Left data set 4216 indicates a type of "vase" fabric 4236 that has a thickness 4238 of 1.1 mm. Also included in left data set 4216 is the force curve to close 4192 and the force curve to fire 4194 versus the time (anonymous real time) recorded during the first fire 4172 of the lung tumor resection surgical procedure. The left data set 4216 shows that the firing force peaked at 85 lbs and was recorded in anonymous real time 4240 t1a (09h35min15s). The right data set 4218 represents the viewing curve of the staple line 4228 that shows a leak versus time. The right data set 4218 indicates that a type of "vase" fabric 4244 having a thickness 4246 of 1.1 mm has suffered a sealing failure 4242 of the staple line 4180a. The viewing curve of the staple line 4228 represents the leak (cc) versus the sealing time of the staple line 4180a. The viewing curve of the staple line 4228 shows that the leakage volume reached 0.5 cc, indicating a sealing of the staple line 4180a failure of the bronchial vessel 4166a, recorded at anonymous time 4248 (09h55min15s).
[0324] [0324] The bottom paired data set 4214 includes a left data set 4220 recorded by the instrument / device 235 during a triggering 4226 to a straight data set 4222 recorded at the time the sealing of the gram line - Positions of the parenchyma tissue were evaluated. The left data set 4220 indicates a tissue type "parenchyma" 4236 that has a thickness 4238 of 2.1 mm. Also included in the left data set 4220 is the force curve to close 4230 and the force curve to fire 4232 versus the time (anonymous real time) recorded during the first trigger of the tumor resection surgical procedure. hepatic. The left data set 4220 shows that the force to fire reached a peak of 100 lbs and was recorded in anonymous real time 4240 t1b (09h42min12s). The right data set 4222 represents the viewing curve of staple line 4228 that shows a leak versus time. The right data set 4234 indicates that a type of "parenchyma" fabric 4244 having a thickness of 4246 of 2.2 mm had a successful staple line seal. The display curve 4234 of the staple line represents the leak (cc) versus the sealing time of the staple line. The viewing curve for staple line 4234 shows that the leakage volume was 0.0 cc, indicating a successful staple line sealing of the parenchyma tissue, recorded at anonymous time 4248 (10:02:12).
[0325] [0325] Paired datasets 4212, 4214 grouped by surgery are collected for many procedures and the data contained in paired datasets 4212, 4214 are recorded and stored in cloud storage 205 anonymously to protect privacy from patient 205, as described in connection with Figures 22 to 29. In one aspect, data from paired data sets 4212, 4214 are transmitted from instrument / device 235, or other modules coupled to central surgical controller 206 , for central surgical controller 206 and cloud 204 in the form of self-description package 4100 as described in connection with Figures 31 and 32 and the examples of surgical procedures described in connection with Figures 32 to 36. The data from the paired data sets 4212, 4214 stored in storage 205 of cloud 204 are analyzed in cloud 204 to provide feedback to the instrument / device 235, or other devices. modules attached to the central surgical controller 206, notifying a surgical robot attached to the control
[0326] [0326] Figure 37 is a diagram of the right lung 4156 and Figure 38 is a diagram of the bronchial tree 4250 that includes trachea 4252 and bronchi 4254, 4256 of the lungs. As shown in Figure 37, the right lung 4156 is composed of three lobes divided into the upper lobe 4162, the intermediate lobe 4160 and the lower lobe 4165 separated by the oblique fissure 4167 and the horizontal fissure 4160. The left lung consists of only two smaller lobes due to the position of the heart. As shown in Figure 38, inside each lung, the right bronchus 4254 and the left bronchus 4256 divide into many smaller airways called bronchioles 4258, which greatly increase the surface area. Each bronchiolus 4258 ends with a group of air sacs called alveoli 4260, where gas is exchanged with the bloodstream.
[0327] [0327] Figure 39 is a 4300 logical flowchart of a process representing a control program or logical configuration for storing anonymous paired data sets grouped by surgery, in accordance with an aspect of the present invention. With reference to Figures 1 to 39, in one aspect, the present invention provides a central surgical controller 206 configured to communicate with a surgical instrument 235. The central surgical controller 206 comprises a processor 244 and a memory 249 coupled to processor 244 Memory 249 stores instructions executable by processor 244 to receive 4302 a first data set a first data set from a first source, the first data set being associated with a surgical procedure, to receive 4304 a second set of data data from a second source, the second set of data being associated with the effectiveness of the surgical procedure, anonymize 4306 the first and the second set of data by removing the information that identifies a patient, a surgery or a scheduled surgery time , and store 4308 the first and second anonymized data sets to generate a pair of data grouped by surgery. The first data set is generated in a first time, the second data set is generated in a second time, and the second time is separate and distinct from the first time.
[0328] [0328] In another aspect, memory 249 stores instructions executable by processor 244 to reconstruct a series of chronological events based on the data pair. In another aspect, memory 249 stores instructions executable by processor 244 to reconstruct a series of coupled but unrestricted data sets based on the data pair. In another aspect, memory 249 stores instructions executable by processor 244 to encrypt the data pair, define a backup format for the data pair, and mirror the data pair to a 205 cloud storage device 204. Determination of data to be transmitted for medical analysis based on cloud
[0329] [0329] In one aspect, the present invention provides a central communication controller and a storage device for storing parameters and the status of a surgical device that has the ability to determine when, how often, the transmission rate and the type of data to be shared with a cloud-based analysis system. The description additionally provides techniques for determining where the analysis system communicates new operating parameters for the central surgical controller and surgical devices.
[0330] [0330] In a central surgical controller environment, large amounts of data can be generated very quickly and can cause bottlenecks in storage and communication on the central surgical controller network. A solution may include local determination of when and what data is transmitted to the cloud-based medical analysis system for further processing and manipulation of data from the central surgical controller. The timing and speed at which data from the central surgical controller are exported can be determined based on the available local data storage capacity. User-defined inclusion or exclusion of users, patients or specific procedures allows data sets to be included for analysis or to be deleted automatically. The time of uploads or communications to the cloud-based medical analysis system can be determined based on the downtime or available capacity detected from the central surgical controller's network.
[0331] [0331] With reference to Figures 1 to 39, in one aspect, the present invention provides a central surgical controller 206 comprising a storage device 248, a processor 244 coupled to storage device 248 and a memory 249 coupled to the processor 244. Memory 249 stores instructions executable by processor 244 to receive data from a surgical instrument 235,
[0332] [0332] In another aspect, memory 249 stores instructions executable by processor 244 to receive new operating parameters for the central surgical controller 206 or surgical instrument 235.
[0333] [0333] In several respects, the present invention provides a control circuit to determine the rate, frequency and type of data for transferring the data to the cloud-based remote medical analysis network as described above. In many respects, the present invention provides a computer-readable non-transitory medium that stores computer-readable instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to determine the speed, frequency and type of data to be transferred to the cloud-based remote medical analysis network.
[0334] [0334] In one aspect, the central surgical controller 206 is configured to determine what data to transmit to the cloud-based analysis system 204. For example, a modular device 235 of the central surgical controller 206 that includes processing capabilities can determine the speed, frequency and type of data to be transmitted to the analysis system based on
[0335] [0335] In one aspect, the central surgical controller 206 comprises a modular central surgical controller 203 and a storage device 248 for storing parameters and the status of a device 235 that has the ability to determine when and how often the data can be shared with a cloud-based analysis system 204, the transmission speed and the type of data that can be shared with the cloud-based analysis system 204. In another aspect, the cloud analysis 204 communicates new operating parameters to central surgical controller 206 and surgical devices 235 coupled to central surgical controller 206. A cloud-based analysis system 204 is described in provisional US patent application no. 62 / 611,340, filed on December 28, 2017, entitled CLOUD-BASED MEDICAL ANALYTICS, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
[0336] [0336] In one aspect, a device 235 coupled to a local central surgical controller 206 determines when and what data is transmitted to the cloud analysis system 204 for the company's analytical improvements. In one example, the available local data storage capacity remaining on the storage device 248 controls the timing and speed at which data is exported. In another example, user-defined inclusion or exclusion of specific users, patients or procedures allows data sets to be included for analysis or to be deleted automatically. In yet another example, the downtime or available capacity detected from the network determines the time for uploads or communications.
[0337] [0337] In another aspect, the transmission of data for diagnosis of failure modes is switched by specific incidents. For example, the failure of a user-defined device, instrument or tool within a procedure initiates the archiving and transmission of recorded data with respect to that instrument for analysis of failure modes. In addition, when a failure event is identified, all data surrounding the event is archived and gathered to be sent back for a predictive informatics analysis ("PI"). Data that is part of a PI failure is flagged for storage and maintenance until the hospital or cloud-based analysis system gives up the data domain.
[0338] [0338] Catastrophic instrument failures can initiate automatic archiving and submission of data for analysis of implications. The detection of a counterfeit component or adapter in an original equipment manufacturer ("OEM") device starts the component documentation and recording the results and the consequence of its use.
[0339] [0339] Figure 40 is a 4320 logic flow diagram of a process that represents a control program or logic configuration to determine the speed, frequency and type of data to be transferred to an analytical network based on remote cloud, according to one aspect of the present invention. With reference to Figures 1 to 40, in one aspect, the present invention provides a central surgical controller 206 comprising a storage device 248, a processor 244 coupled to storage device 248 and a memory 249 coupled to processor 244. Memory 249 stores instructions executable by processor 244 to receive 4322 data from a surgical instrument 235 and determine 4324 a speed at which to transfer data to a remote medical analysis network based on comes 204 based on available storage capacity of storage device 248. Optionally, memory 249 stores instructions executable by processor 244 to determine 4326 a frequency at which to transfer data to the cloud-based remote medical analysis network 204 based on the available storage capacity of the storage device 248. Optionally, memory 249 stores instructions executable by the processor 244 to detect the downtime of the central surgical controller network and determine 4326 a frequency at which to transfer data to the cloud-based remote medical analysis network 204 based on the network's detected downtime 206 of the central surgical controller. Optionally, memory 249 stores instructions executable by processor 244 to determine 4328 a data type for transferring data to a remote medical analysis network based on number 204 based on the inclusion or exclusion of data associated with a user, patient or surgical procedure.
[0340] [0340] In another aspect, memory 249 stores instructions executable by processor 244 to receive new operating parameters for the central surgical controller 206 or surgical instrument 235.
[0341] [0341] Situational perception is the ability of some aspects of a surgical system to determine or infer information related to a surgical procedure from data received from databases and / or instruments. The information may include the type of procedure being performed, the type of tissue being operated on or the body cavity that is the target of the procedure. With contextual information related to the surgical procedure, the surgical system can, for example, improve the way in which it controls the modular devices (for example, a robotic arm and / or robotic surgical instrument) that are connected to it and provide contextual information or suggestions to the surgeon during the course of the surgical procedure.
[0342] [0342] Now with reference to Figure 41, a 5200 timeline represents the situational perception of a central controller, such as the central surgical controller 106 or 206, for example. Timeline 5200 is an illustrative surgical procedure and the contextual information that the central surgical controller 106, 206 can derive from data received from data sources at each stage in the surgical procedure. Timeline 5200 represents the typical steps that would be taken by nurses, surgeons, and other medical personnel during the course of a pulmonary segmentectomy procedure, starting with the setup of the operating room and ending with the patient's transfer. to a post-op recovery room.
[0343] [0343] Situational recognition of a central surgical controller 106, 206 receives data from data sources throughout the course of the surgical procedure, including the data generated each time medical personnel use a modular device that is paired with the cen - surgical section 106, 206. Central surgical controller 106, 206 can receive this data from paired modular devices and other data sources and continuously derives inferences (ie contextual information) about the ongoing procedure as the new data is received, such as which stage of the procedure is being performed at any given time. The situational perception system of the central surgical controller 106, 206 is capable, for example, of recording data related to the procedure to generate reports, to verify the steps being taken by medical personnel, to provide data or warnings (for example, through of a display screen) that may be relevant to the specific step of the procedure, adjust the modular devices based on the context (for example, activate monitors, adjust the field of view (FOV) of the medical imaging device, or change the level) -
[0344] [0344] In the first step 5202, in this illustrative procedure, the members of the hospital team retrieve the patient's electronic medical record (PEP) from the hospital's PEP database. Based on patient selection data in the PEP, the central surgical controller 106, 206 determines that the procedure to be performed is a thoracic procedure.
[0345] [0345] In the second step 5204, the team members scan the incoming medical supplies for the procedure. Central surgical controller 106, 206 cross-references the scanned supplies with a list of supplies that are used in various types of procedures and confirms that the supply mix corresponds to a thoracic procedure. In addition, the central surgical controller 106, 206 is also able to determine that the procedure is not a wedge procedure (because inlet supplies have an absence of certain supplies that are necessary for a thoracic wedge procedure or, otherwise, that the incoming supplies do not correspond to a thoracic wedge procedure).
[0346] [0346] In the third step 5206, medical personnel scan the patient's band with a scanner that is communicably connected to the central surgical controller 106, 206. The central surgical controller 106, 206 can then confirm the patient's identity based on the scanned data.
[0347] [0347] In the fourth step 5208, the medical staff turns on the auxiliary equipment. The auxiliary equipment being used may vary according to the type of surgical procedure and the techniques to be used by the surgeon, but in this illustrative case they include a smoke evacuator, an insufflator and a medical imaging device. When activated, auxiliary equipment that is a modular device
[0348] [0348] In the fifth step 5210, the team members fix the electrocardiogram (ECG) electrodes and other patient monitoring devices on the patient. ECG electrodes and other patient monitoring devices are able to pair with the central surgical controller 106, 206. As the central surgical controller 106, 206 begins to receive data from the patient's monitoring devices, the surgical controller central 106, 206 thus confirms that the patient is in the operating room.
[0349] [0349] In the sixth step 5212, medical personnel induce anesthesia in the patient. Central surgical controller 106, 206 can infer that the patient is under anesthesia based on data from modular devices and / or patient monitoring devices, including ECG data, blood pressure data, ventilator data, or combinations thereof, for example. After the completion of the sixth step 5212, the preoperative portion of the lung segmentectomy procedure is completed and the operative portion begins.
[0350] [0350] In the seventh step 5214, the lung of the patient who is being operated on is retracted (while ventilation is switched to the contralateral lung). The central surgical controller 106, 206 can infer from the ventilator data that the patient's lung has been retracted, for example. The central surgical controller 106, 206 can infer that the operative portion of the procedure started when it can compare the detection of the patient's lung collapse in the expected stages of the procedure (which can be accessed or retrieved earlier) and thus determine that lung retraction is the first operative step in this specific procedure.
[0351] [0351] In the eighth step 5216, the medical imaging device (for example, a display device) is inserted and the video from the medical imaging device is started. Central surgical controller 106, 206 receives data from the medical imaging device (i.e., video or image data) through its connection to the medical imaging device. After receiving data from the medical imaging device, the central surgical controller 106, 206 can determine that the portion of the laparoscopic surgical procedure has started. In addition, the central surgical controller 106, 206 can determine that the specific procedure being performed is a segmentectomy, rather than a lobectomy (note that a wedge procedure has already been discarded by the central surgical controller 106, 206 with based on the data received in the second step 5204 of the procedure). The medical imaging device data 124 (Figure 2) can be used to determine contextual information about the type of procedure being performed in a number of different ways, including by determining the angle at which the medical imaging device is. oriented towards visualizing the patient's anatomy, monitoring the number or medical imaging devices being used (that is, which are activated and paired with the operating room 106, 206), and monitor the types of devices used visualization.
[0352] [0352] In the ninth step 5218 of the procedure, the surgical team starts the dissection step. Central surgical controller 106, 206 can infer that the surgeon is in the process of dissecting to mobilize the patient's lung because he receives data from the RF or ultrasonic generator that indicate that an energy instrument is being triggered. Central surgical controller 106, 206 can cross-check the received data with the steps retrieved from the surgical procedure to determine that an energy instrument is being triggered at that point in the process (that is, after completing the previously discussed steps of the procedure) corresponds to the dissection stage. In certain cases, the energy instrument may be a power tool mounted on a robotic arm in a robotic surgical system.
[0353] [0353] In the tenth step 5220 of the procedure, the surgical team continues to the connection step. Central surgical controller 106, 206 can infer that the surgeon is ligating the arteries and veins because he receives data from the surgical stapling and cutting instrument indicating that the instrument is being fired. Similar to the previous step, the central surgical controller 106, 206 can derive this inference by crossing the reception data from the surgical stapling and cutting instrument with the steps recovered in the process. In some cases, the surgical instrument can be a surgical tool mounted on a robotic arm of a robotic surgical system.
[0354] [0354] In the eleventh step 5222, the segmentation portion of the procedure is performed. Central surgical controller 106, 206 can infer that the surgeon is transecting the parenchyma based on data from the surgical stapling and cutting instrument, including data from its cartridge. The cartridge data can correspond to the size or type of clamp being triggered by the instrument, for example. As different types of staples are used for different types of fabrics, the cartridge data can thus indicate the type of fabric being stapled and / or transected. In this case, the type of clamp that is fired is used for the parenchyma (or other similar types of tissue), which allows the central surgical controller 106, 206 to infer which segmentectomy portion of the procedure is being performed.
[0355] [0355] In the twelfth step 5224, the node dissection step is then performed. The central surgical controller 106, 206 can infer that the surgical team is dissecting the node and performing a leak test based on the data received from the generator that indicates which ultrasonic or RF instrument is being fired. For this specific procedure, an RF or ultrasonic instrument being used after the parenchyma has been transected corresponds to the node dissection step, which allows the central surgical controller 106, 206 to make this inference. It should be noted that surgeons regularly switch between surgical stapling / cutting instruments and surgical energy instruments (that is, RF or ultrasonic) depending on the specific step in the procedure because different instruments are better adapted for specific tasks. Therefore, the specific sequence in which the cutting / stapling instruments and surgical energy instruments are used can indicate which stage of the procedure the surgeon is taking. In addition, in certain cases, robotic tools can be used for one or more steps in a surgical procedure and / or portable surgical instruments can be used for one or more steps in the surgical procedure. The surgeon can switch between robotic tools and portable surgical instruments and / or can use the devices simultaneously,
[0356] [0356] In the thirteenth stage 5226, the patient's anesthesia is reversed. The central surgical controller 106, 206 can infer that the patient is emerging from anesthesia based on ventilator data (that is, the patient's respiratory rate begins to increase), for example.
[0357] [0357] Finally, in the fourteenth step 5228 is that medical personnel remove the various patient monitoring devices from the patient. Central surgical controller 106, 206 can thus infer that the patient is being transferred to a recovery room when the central controller loses ECG, blood pressure and other data from patient monitoring devices. As can be seen from the description of this illustrative procedure, the central surgical controller 106, 206 can determine or infer when each step of a given surgical procedure is taking place according to the data received from the various data sources that are in order. communicable coupled to the central surgical controller 106, 206.
[0358] [0358] Situational perception is further described in US provisional patent application serial number 62 / 611,341, entitled INTERACTIVE SURGICAL PLATFORM, filed on December 28, 2017, which is incorporated in this document as a reference in its wholeness. In certain cases, the operation of a robotic surgical system, including the various robotic surgical systems described in this document, for example, can be controlled by the central controller 106, 206 based on its situational perception and / or feedback from the components of the and / or based on information from the cloud 102.
[0359] [0359] In one aspect, the present invention features a central surgical controller comprising: a processor; and a memory attached to the processor, the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to: interrogate a surgical instrument, the surgical instrument being a first source of patient data; retrieving a first set of data from the surgical instrument, the first set of data being associated with a patient and a surgical procedure; interrogating a medical imaging device, the medical imaging device being a second source of patient data; recovering a second set of data from the medical imaging device, the second set of data being associated with the patient and a result of the surgical procedure; associate the first and second data sets with a key; and transmitting the first and second data sets associated with the remote network outside the central surgical controller.
[0360] [0360] In another aspect, the present invention provides a central surgical controller comprising: a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, and the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to: receive a first data packet from a first source, the first data packet comprising a first preamble, a first payload of data, a source of the first data payload and a first encryption certificate, the first preamble of which defines the first data payload and the first encryption certificate verifies the authenticity of the first data packet; receive a second data packet from a second source, the second data packet comprising a second preamble, a second data payload, a source of the second data payload and a second encryption certificate, the second preamble defines the second data payload and the second encryption certificate verifies the authenticity of the second data packet; associate the first and second data packages; and generating a third data packet comprising the first and second data payloads. The present invention additionally provides a central surgical controller, in which the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to: determine that a payload of data comes from a new source; verify the new source of the data payload; and changing a data collection process at the central surgical controller to receive subsequent data packets from the new source. The present invention additionally provides a central surgical controller in which the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to associate the first and second data packets based on a key. The present invention additionally provides a central surgical controller in which the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to minimize the anonymized data payload of the third data pack. The present invention additionally provides a central surgical controller, the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to receive a third anonymized data packet and to reintegrate the third anonymized data packet into the first and second data packets using of the key. The present invention additionally provides a control circuit to perform any of the aforementioned functions and / or a non-transitory, computer-readable medium that stores computer-readable instructions that, when executed, cause a machine perform any of the functions mentioned above.
[0361] [0361] In another aspect, the present invention provides a central surgical controller configured to communicate with a surgical instrument, the central surgical controller comprising: a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, and the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to: receive a first set of data associated with a surgical procedure, with the first set of data being generated in the first time; receiving a second set of data associated with the efficacy of the surgical procedure, the second set of data being generated in a second stage, the second stage being separate and distinct from the first stage; year-
[0362] [0362] In another aspect, the present invention provides a central surgical controller comprising: a storage device; a processor coupled to the storage device; and a memory attached to the processor, the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to: receive data from a surgical instrument; determine a speed at which to transfer data to a remote cloud-based medical analysis network based on available storage capacity
[0363] [0363] In another aspect, the present invention provides a central surgical controller that comprises: a control configured to: receive data from a surgical instrument; determine a speed at which to transfer data to a cloud-based remote medical analysis network based on the available storage capacity of the storage device; determine a frequency at which to transfer data to the cloud-based remote medical analysis network based on the available storage capacity of the storage device or the detected downtime of the surgical controller's network; and determine a data type to transfer data to a cloud-based remote medical analysis network based on the inclusion or exclusion of data associated with a user, patient or procedure.
[0364] [0364] Various aspects of the subject described in this document are defined in the following numbered examples.
[0365] [0365] Example 1. A central surgical controller comprising: a storage device; a processor coupled to the storage device; and a memory attached to the processor, and the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to: receive data from a surgical instrument coupled to the central surgical controller; and determining a speed at which to transfer data from the central surgical controller to a remote, cloud-based medical analysis network based on the available storage capacity of the storage device.
[0366] [0366] Example 2. The central surgical controller according to Example 1, where the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to determine a frequency at which to transfer data from the central surgical controller to the remote medical analysis network based on based on the available storage capacity of the storage device.
[0367] [0367] Example 3. The central surgical controller according to any of Examples 1 and 2, in which the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to: detect a downtime of the central surgical controller network; and determining a frequency at which to transfer data from the central surgical controller to the cloud-based remote medical analysis network based on the detected downtime of the central surgical controller network.
[0368] [0368] Example 4. The central surgical controller according to any of Examples 1 to 3, where the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to determine a type of data to be transferred from the central surgical controller to the analysis network cloud-based remote medical based on the inclusion or exclusion of data associated with a user, patient or surgical procedure.
[0369] [0369] Example 5. The central surgical controller according to any of Examples 1 to 4, where the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to determine when to transfer data from the central surgical controller to the medical analysis network cloud-based remote.
[0370] [0370] Example 6. The central surgical controller according to any of Examples 1 to 5, in which the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to receive new operating parameters for the central surgical controller from the analysis network cloud-based remote medical.
[0371] [0371] Example 7. The central surgical controller according to any of Examples 1 to 6, in which the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to receive new operating parameters of the surgical instrument from the remote medical analysis network cloud-based.
[0372] [0372] Example 8. A method of transmitting data from a central surgical controller to a remote cloud-based medical analysis network, the central surgical controller comprising a storage device, a processor coupled to the device storage and a memory attached to the processor, the memory stores instructions executable by the processor, the method comprising: receiving, by a processor, data from a surgical instrument attached to the central surgical controller; and determine, through the processor, a speed at which to transfer data from the central surgical controller to the cloud-based remote medical analysis network based on the available storage capacity of a device.
[0373] [0373] Example 9. The method according to Example 8, which comprises determining, by means of the processor, a frequency at which to transfer data from the central surgical controller to the cloud-based remote medical analysis network based on available storage capacity of the storage device.
[0374] [0374] Example 10. The method according to any of Examples 8 and 9, which comprises: detecting, through the processor, the downtime of the central surgical controller network; and determining, through the processor, a frequency at which to transfer data from the central surgical controller to the remote cloud-based medical analysis network based on the downtime detected from the central surgical controller network.
[0375] [0375] Example 11. The method according to any of Examples 8 to 10, which comprises determining, through the processor, a type of data to be transferred from the central surgical controller to the remote medical analysis network based on cloud based on the inclusion or exclusion of data associated with a user, patient or surgical procedure.
[0376] [0376] Example 12. The method according to any of Examples 8 to 11, which comprises determining, by means of the processor, when to transfer data from the central surgical controller to the remote medical analysis network based on in the cloud.
[0377] [0377] Example 13. The method according to any of Examples 8 to 12, which comprises receiving, through the processor, new operational parameters for the central surgical controller from the cloud-based remote medical analysis network.
[0378] [0378] Example 14. The method according to any of Examples 8 to 13, which comprises receiving, through the processor,
[0379] [0379] Example 15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores computer-readable instructions that, when executed, make the machine: receive data from a surgical instrument coupled to the central surgical controller; and determining a speed at which to transfer data from the central surgical controller to a remote cloud-based medical analysis network based on the storage device's available storage capacity.
[0380] [0380] Example 16. Computer readable non-transitory media according to Example 15, which stores computer-readable instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to determine a frequency at which to transfer data from the central surgical controller to the cloud-based remote medical analysis network based on the available storage capacity of the storage device.
[0381] [0381] Example 17. Computer readable non-transitory media according to any of Examples 15 and 16, which stores computer-readable instructions that, when executed, make the machine: detect downtime the network of the central surgical controller; and determining a frequency at which to transfer data from the central surgical controller to the remote cloud-based medical analysis network based on the detected downtime of the central surgical controller network.
[0382] [0382] Example 18. Computer readable non-transitory media according to any of Examples 15 to 17, which stores computer-readable instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to determine a type of data to be transferred from the central surgical controller to the remote medical analysis network based
[0383] [0383] Example 19. Computer readable non-transitory media according to any of Examples 15 to 18, which stores computer-readable instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to determine when to transfer data from the central surgical controller to the remote cloud-based medical analysis network.
[0384] [0384] Example 20. Computer readable non-transitory media according to any of Examples 15 to 19, which stores computer-readable instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to receive new operating parameters to the central surgical controller from the cloud-based remote medical analysis network.
[0385] [0385] Example 21. Non-transitory, computer-readable media according to any of Examples 15 to 20, which stores computer-readable instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to receive new operating parameters for the surgical instrument from the cloud-based remote medical analysis network.
[0386] [0386] Although several forms have been illustrated and described, it is not the applicant's intention to restrict or limit the scope of the claims attached to such detail. Numerous modifications, variations, alterations, substitutions, combinations and equivalents of these forms can be implemented and will occur to those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the present invention. In addition, the structure of each element associated with the shape can alternatively be described as a means to provide the function performed by the element. In addition, where materials for certain components are described, other materials can be used. It should be
[0387] [0387] The previous detailed description presented various forms of devices and / or processes through the use of block diagrams, flowcharts and / or examples. Although these block diagrams, flowcharts and / or examples contain one or more functions and / or operations, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that each function and / or operation within these block diagrams, flowcharts and / or examples can be implemented , individually and / or collectively, through a wide range of hardware, software, firmware or almost any combination thereof. Those skilled in the art will recognize, however, that some aspects of the aspects in this document described, in whole or in part, can be implemented in an equivalent way in integrated circuits, such as one or more computer programs running on one or more computers (for example, as one or more programs running on one or more computer systems), as one or more programs running on one or more processors (for example, as one or more programs running on one or more microprocessors), as firmware, or virtually any combination thereof, and that designing the circuitry and / or writing the code for the software and firmware would be within the scope of practice of those skilled in the art, in light of this description. In addition, those skilled in the art will understand that the mechanisms of the subject in the present document described can be distributed as one or more program products in a variety of ways and that an illustrative form of the subject in the described document is applicable independently the specific type of signal transmission medium used to effectively carry out the distribution.
[0388] [0388] The instructions used to program the logic to execute various aspects described can be stored in a memory in the system, such as dynamic random access memory (DRAM), cache, flash memory or other storage. In addition, instructions can be distributed over a network or via other computer-readable media. In this way, a machine-readable media can include any mechanism to store or transmit information in a machine-readable form (for example, a computer), but is not limited to, floppy disks, optical discs, compact memory disc read-only (CD-ROMs), and optical-dynamos discs, read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory ( EEPROM), magnetic or optical cards, flash memory, or machine-readable tangible storage media used to transmit information over the Internet via an electrical, optical, acoustic cable or other forms of propagated signals (for example , carrier waves, infrared signal, digital signals, etc.). Consequently, non-transitory, computer-readable media includes any type of machine-readable media suitable for storing or transmitting instructions or electronic information in a machine-readable form (for example, a computer).
[0389] [0389] As used in any aspect of the present invention, the term "control circuit" can refer to, for example, a set of wired circuits, programmable circuits (for example, a computer processor comprising one or more individual instruction processing cores, processing unit,
[0390] [0390] As used in any aspect of the present invention, the term "logical" can refer to an application, software, firmware and / or circuit configured to perform any of the aforementioned operations. The software can be incorporated as a software package, code, instructions, instruction sets and / or data recorded on the computer-readable non-transitory storage media. The firmware can be incorporated as code, instructions or instruction sets and / or data that are hard-coded (for example, non-volatile) in memory devices.
[0391] [0391] As used in any aspect of the present invention, the terms "component", "system", "module" and the like may refer to a computer-related entity, be it hardware, a combination of hardware and software, software or running software.
[0392] [0392] As in the present document used in one aspect of the present invention, an "algorithm" refers to the self-consistent sequence of steps that lead to the desired result, where a "step" refers to the manipulation of physical quantities and / or states logic that can, although not necessarily need, take the form of electrical or magnetic signals that can be stored, transferred, combined, compared and manipulated in any other way. It is a common use to call these signs bits, values, elements, symbols, characters, terms, numbers or the like. These terms and similar terms can be associated with the appropriate physical quantities and are merely convenient identifications applied to these quantities and / or states.
[0393] [0393] A network may include a packet-switched network. Communication devices may be able to communicate with each other using a selected packet switched network communications protocol. An exemplary communications protocol may include an Ethernet communications protocol that may be able to allow communication using a transmission control protocol / Internet protocol (TCP / IP). The Ethernet protocol can conform to or be compatible with the Ethernet standard published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) entitled "IEEE 802.3 Standard", published in December 2008 and / or later versions of this standard. Alternatively or in addition, communication devices may be able to communicate with each other using an X.25 communications protocol. The X.25 communications protocol can conform or be compatible with a standard promulgated by the International Telecommunication Union-Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T). Alternatively or in addition, communication devices may be able to communicate with each other using a frame-relay communications protocol. The frame-relay communications protocol can conform to or be compatible with a standard promulgated by the Consultative Committee for International Telegraph and Telephone (CCITT) and / or the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Alternatively or additionally, transceivers may be able to communicate with each other using an ATM communication protocol ("asynchronous transfer mode"). The ATM communication protocol can conform or be compatible with an ATM standard published by the ATM forum entitled "ATM-MPLS Network Interworking 2.0" published in August 2001, and / or later versions of this standard. Obviously, different and / or post-developed connection-oriented network communication protocols are also contemplated in the present invention.
[0394] [0394] Unless otherwise stated, as is evident from the preceding description, it is understood that, throughout the preceding description, discussions that use terms such as "processing", or
[0395] [0395] One or more components in the present invention may be called "configured for", "configurable for", "operable / operational for", "adapted / adaptable for", "capable of", "con- formable / conformed to ", etc. Those skilled in the art will recognize that "configured for" may, in general, include components in an active state and / or components in an inactive state and / or components in a standby state, except when the context determines otherwise .
[0396] [0396] The terms "proximal" and "distal" are used in the present invention with reference to a physician who handles the head portion of the surgical instrument. The term "proximal" refers to the portion closest to the doctor, and the term "distal" refers to the portion located opposite the doctor. It will also be understood that, for the sake of convenience and clarity, spatial terms such as "vertical", "horizontal", "up" and "down" can be used in the present invention with respect to drawings. However, surgical instruments can be used in many orientations and positions, and these terms are not intended to be limiting and / or absolute.
[0397] [0397] Persons skilled in the art will recognize that, in general, the terms used in this document, and especially in the appended claims (for example, bodies in the appended claims) are generally intended as "open" terms (eg For example, the term "including" should be interpreted as "including, but not limited to", the term "having" should be interpreted as "having, at least", the term "includes" should be interpreted as "includes, but is not limited to ", etc.). It will also be understood by those skilled in the art that, when a specific number of a claim statement made is intended, that intention will be expressly mentioned in the claim and, in the absence of such mention, no intention will be present. For example, as an aid to understanding, the following appended claims may contain the use of the introductory phrases "at least one" and "one or more" to introduce claim statements. However, the use of such phrases should not be interpreted as implying that the introduction of a claim statement by the indefinite articles "one, ones" or "one, ones" limits any specific claim containing the claim statement introduced to claims that contain only such a mention, even when the same claim includes the introductory phrases "one or more" or "at least one" and indefinite articles, such as "one, ones" or "one, ones" (for example, "one , ones "and / or" one, ones "should typically be interpreted as meaning" at least one "or" one or more "); the same goes for the use of defined articles used to enter claims.
[0398] [0398] Furthermore, even if a specific number of an introduced claim statement is explicitly mentioned, those skilled in the art will recognize that that statement must typically be interpreted as meaning at least the number mentioned (for example, the mere mention of "two mentions", without other modifiers, typically means at least two mentions, or two or more mentions). In addition, in cases where a convention analogous to "at least one of A, B and C, etc." is used, in general this construction is intended to have the meaning in which the convention would be understood by (for example, For example, "a system that has at least one of A, B and C" would include, but not be limited to, systems that have A alone, B alone, C alone, A and B together, A and C together, B and C together, and / or A, B and C together, etc.). In cases where a convention analogous to "at least one of A, B or C, etc." is used, this construct is generally intended to have the meaning in which the convention would be understood by (for example, "a system that has at least one of A, B and C" would include, but not be limited to, systems that have A alone, B alone, C alone, A and B together, A and C together, B and C together, and / or A, B and C together, etc.). It will be further understood by those skilled in the art that typically a word and / or a disjunctive phrase presenting two or more alternative terms, whether in the description, in the claims or in the drawings, should be understood as contemplating the possibility of including one of the terms , either term, or both terms, except where the context dictates to indicate something different. For example, the phrase "A or B" will typically be understood as including the possibilities of "A" or "B" or "A and B".
[0399] [0399] With respect to the attached claims, those skilled in the art will understand that the operations mentioned in the same can, in general, be performed in any order. In addition, although several operational flow diagrams are presented in one or more sequences, it must be understood that the various operations can be performed in other orders than those shown, or can be performed simultaneously. Examples of these alternative orderings may include overlapping, interleaved, interrupted, reordered, incremental, preparatory, supplementary, simultaneous, inverse or other variant orders, except when the context determines otherwise. In addition, terms like "responsive to", "related to"
[0400] [0400] It is worth noting that any reference to "one (1) aspect", "one aspect", "an exemplification" or "one (1) exemplification", and the like means that a given resource, structure or characteristic described in connection with the aspect is included in at least one aspect. Thus, the use of expressions such as "in one (1) aspect", "in one aspect", "in an example", "in one (1) example", in several places throughout this specification it does not necessarily refer to the same aspect. In addition, specific features, structures or characteristics can be combined in any appropriate way in one or more aspects.
[0401] [0401] Any patent application, patent, non-patent publication or other description material mentioned in this descriptive report and / or mentioned in any order data sheet is in this incorporated document for reference, to the extent that the embedded materials are not inconsistent with this. Thus, and as necessary, the description as explicitly presented herein replaces any conflicting material incorporated by reference into the present invention. Any material, or portion thereof, taken as in this document incorporated by reference, but which conflicts with the definitions, statements, or other description materials in this document presented will be in this document only. to the extent that there is no conflict between the embedded material and the existing description material.
[0402] [0402] In summary, numerous benefits have been described that result from the use of the concepts described in this document. The previously mentioned description of one or more modalities has been presented for purposes of illustration and description. This
The description is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise form described.
Modifications or variations are possible in light of the above teachings.
One or more modalities were chosen and described in order to illustrate the principles and practical application to, thus, allow those skilled in the art to use the various modalities and with various modifications, as they are convenient for the specific use contemplated.
It is intended that the claims presented in the annex define the global scope.

权利要求:
Claims (21)
[1]
1. Central surgical controller, characterized by comprising: a storage device; a processor coupled to the storage device; and a memory attached to the processor, and the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to: receive data from a surgical instrument attached to the central surgical controller; and determining a speed at which to transfer data from the central surgical controller to a remote, cloud-based medical analysis network based on the available storage capacity of the storage device.
[2]
2. Central surgical controller, according to claim 1, characterized in that the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to determine a frequency at which the data from the central surgical controller should be transferred to the remote medical analysis network based on based on the available storage capacity of the storage device.
[3]
3. Central surgical controller, according to claim 1, characterized in that the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to: detect the downtime of the central surgical controller network; and determining a frequency at which to transfer data from the central surgical controller to the cloud-based remote medical analysis network based on the detected downtime of the central surgical controller network.
[4]
4. Central surgical controller, according to claim
cation 1, characterized in that the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to determine a type of data to be transferred from the central surgical controller to the cloud-based remote medical analysis network based on the inclusion or exclusion of associated data to a user, patient or surgical procedure.
[5]
5. Central surgical controller, according to claim 1, characterized in that the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to determine when to transfer data from the central surgical controller to the cloud-based remote medical analysis network.
[6]
6. Central surgical controller, according to claim 1, characterized in that the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to receive new operational parameters for the central surgical controller from the cloud-based remote medical analysis network.
[7]
7. Central surgical controller, according to claim 1, characterized in that the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to receive new operating parameters of the surgical instrument from the cloud-based remote medical analysis network.
[8]
8. Method of transmitting data from a central surgical controller to a remote cloud-based medical analysis network, where the central surgical controller comprises a storage device, a processor coupled to the storage device and a coupled memory to the processor, and the memory stores instructions executable by the processor, characterized by the method: receiving, through a processor, data from a surgical instrument coupled to the central surgical controller; and determining, through the processor, a speed at which to transfer data from the central surgical controller to the remote cloud-based medical analysis network based on the available storage capacity of a storage device coupled to the central surgical controller.
[9]
9. Method according to claim 8, characterized in that it comprises determining, by means of the processor, a frequency at which the data from the central surgical controller must be transferred to the cloud-based remote medical analysis network based on the available storage capacity of the storage device.
[10]
10. Method according to claim 8, characterized by comprising: detecting, by means of the processor, the downtime of the central surgical controller network; and determining, through the processor, a frequency at which to transfer data from the central surgical controller to the remote cloud-based medical analysis network based on the detected downtime of the central surgical controller network.
[11]
11. Method according to claim 8, characterized in that it comprises determining, by means of the processor, a type of data to be transferred from the central surgical controller to the cloud-based remote medical analysis network based on inclusion or exclusion of data associated with a user, patient or surgical procedure.
[12]
12. Method according to claim 8, characterized in that it comprises determining, by means of the processor, when to transfer data from the central surgical controller to the cloud-based remote medical analysis network.
[13]
13. Method, according to claim 8, characterized by comprising receiving, through the processor, new parameters
operational meters for the central surgical controller from the cloud-based remote medical analysis network.
[14]
14. Method, according to claim 1, characterized by comprising receiving, through the processor, new operational parameters for the surgical instrument from the central cloud-based remote medical analysis network.
[15]
15. Computer-readable, non-transitory media, characterized by storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed, make the machine: receive data from a surgical instrument coupled to the central surgical controller; and determining a speed at which to transfer data from the central surgical controller to a remote, cloud-based medical analysis network based on the available storage capacity of the storage device.
[16]
16. Computer-readable non-transitory media, according to claim 15, characterized by storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to determine a frequency at which the data from the surgical controller must be transferred central to the cloud-based remote medical analysis network based on the available storage capacity of the storage device.
[17]
17. Computer-readable non-transitory media, according to claim 15, characterized by storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed, make the machine: detect the downtime of the central surgical controller network; and determining a frequency at which to transfer data from the central surgical controller to the cloud-based remote medical analysis network based on the detected downtime of the central surgical controller network.
[18]
18. Non-transient computer-readable media, according to claim 15, characterized by storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to determine a type of data to be transferred from the central surgical controller to the network cloud-based remote medical analysis based on the inclusion or exclusion of data associated with a user, patient or surgical procedure.
[19]
19. Computer readable non-transitory media, according to claim 15, characterized by storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to determine when to transfer data from the central surgical controller to the analysis network cloud-based remote medical.
[20]
20. Computer-readable non-transitory media, according to claim 15, characterized by storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to receive new operating parameters for the central surgical controller from the analysis network cloud-based remote medical.
[21]
21. Computer-readable non-transitory media, according to claim 15, characterized by storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to receive new operating parameters for the surgical instrument from the medical analysis network cloud-based remote.

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