Operating room wireless power transfer
AssigneeStryker Corporation
InventorsGianni Boccoleri, Robert Lee York, Wojciech Kazimierz Timoszyk, Sean Victor Hastings, James K Alexanderson
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Abstract
SA surgical room power system including at least one source of power wired to a power source for a surgical room, the at least one source of power being wired to the surgical room; at least one power receiver; and a surgical power consumer wired to the at least one power receiver, the surgical power consumer being configured to assist a surgeon during a surgical procedure on a patient. The at least one source of power wirelessly transfers power to the at least one power receiver for powering the surgical power consumer.
Claims18
A method of wirelessly supplying power to medical power consumers in a medical room, the method comprising:
- receiving information, at a control system, associated with a plurality of the medical power consumers that are connected to the same wireless power receiver of at least one wireless power receiver;
- determining, by the control system, an order for supplying power to the plurality of the medical power consumers via the wireless power receiver based on the received information;
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- wirelessly transferring power from a source of wireless power in the medical room to the at least one wireless power receiver in the medical room sequentially according to at least one predetermined time limit to power the plurality of the medical power consumers connected to the wireless power receiver according to the order for supplying power to the plurality of the medical power consumers,
- wherein at least a portion of the power required for operating the plurality of the medical power consumers is wirelessly transferred from the source of wireless power to the at least one wireless power receiver, and
- wherein the at least one predetermined time limit defines a time during which each of the at least one wireless power receiver receives power.
A system for wirelessly supplying power to medical power consumers in a medical room, the system comprising:
- at least one source of wireless power for connecting to a power source in the medical room;
- at least one wireless power receiver for wirelessly receiving power from the at least one source of wireless power for powering medical power consumers connected to the at least one wireless power receiver;
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- a controller configured to:
- receive information associated with a plurality of the medical power consumers that are connected to the same wireless power receiver of the at least one wireless power receiver;
- determine an order for supplying power to the plurality of the medical power consumers via the wireless power receiver based on the received information;
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- control at least one of the at least one source of wireless power, the at least one wireless power receiver, and the medical power consumers to power the medical power consumers from power wirelessly transferred from the at least one source of wireless power to the at least one wireless power receiver sequentially according to at least one predetermined time limit and according to the order for supplying power to the plurality of the medical power consumers,
- wherein the at least one predetermined time limit defines a time during which each of the at least one wireless power receiver receives power.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.