US 12,575,855 B2 · Surgical system distributed processing

Abstract

Surgical hub systems are disclosed. A surgical hub system comprises a surgical hub configured to communicably couple to a modular device comprising a sensor configured to detect data associated with the modular device and a device processor. The surgical hub comprises a hub processor, a hub memory coupled to the hub processor. The surgical hub system also comprises a distributed control system executable at least in part by each of the device processor and the hub processor. The distributed control system is configured to: receive the data detected by the sensor; determine control adjustments for the modular device according to the data; and control the modular device according to the control adjustments. When in a first mode, the distributed control system is executed by both the hub processor and the device processor. In a second mode, the distributed control system is executed solely by the device processor.

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Dependent claims

A surgical hub for use with a surgical system in a surgical procedure performed in an operating room, the surgical hub comprising:

a control circuit configured to:
communicably couple to a surgical device in the operating room;
communicably couple to a remote server;
receive real-time usage data from the surgical device during a surgical procedure, wherein the real-time usage data is sensed by at least one sensor of the surgical device during the surgical procedure associated with real-time operations of the surgical device;
anonymize the real-time usage data, wherein anonymizing the real-time usage data comprises:
removing an unredacted portion of the real-time usage data;
and
generating anonymized, stripped real-time usage data;
transmit a real-time data stream comprising the anonymized, stripped real-time usage data to the remote server, wherein the remote server remotely monitors the real-time operations of the surgical device based on the real-time data stream;
derive contextual information based on the anonymized, stripped real-time usage data;
and
control the surgical device,
wherein controlling the surgical device comprises:
communicating control adjustments to the surgical device based on the contextual information;
and
adjusting the surgical device based on the communicated control adjustments.

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A remote server connected to a plurality of surgical hubs that are used with surgical systems in surgical procedures performed in operating rooms, the remote server comprising:

a control circuit configured to:
communicably couple to at least one surgical hub;
receive a real-time data stream comprising anonymized, stripped real-time usage data from the at least one surgical hub, wherein real-time usage data is sensed by at least one sensor of a surgical device during a surgical procedure associated with real-time operations of the surgical device, wherein the real-time usage data is anonymized by removing an unredacted portion of the real-time usage data and generating the anonymized, stripped real-time usage data;
remotely monitor the real-time operations of the surgical device based on the real-time data stream;
store the anonymized, stripped real-time usage data into types of data;
receive a query on a type of data from the at least one surgical hub;
transmit a group of anonymized, stripped real-time usage data based on the query to the at least one surgical hub;
and
control the surgical device,
wherein controlling the surgical device comprises:
communicating a control adjustment to the surgical device based on the group of anonymized, stripped real-time usage data;
and
adjusting the surgical device based on the communicated control adjustment.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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