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US 12,697,021 B2Granted
Video laryngoscope and medical device wireless video transfer
AssigneeCovidien LP
InventorsPeter Douglas Colin Inglis, Derek S. Tata, Mark Y. Su
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Abstract
A video laryngoscope system where a video laryngoscope automatically connects to one or more medical devices within a patient environment. The video laryngoscope may automatically, upon startup and without further user input, perform an unfamiliar wireless connection process for each of a plurality of external devices to establish a wireless connection to each of the plurality of external devices. The video laryngoscope may then transmit, via the established wireless connections, images captured by the video-laryngoscope camera to the plurality of external devices.
Claims20
A system for transmitting video laryngoscope images, comprising:
- a plurality of external devices including a medical device with a display screen;
- and
- a video laryngoscope comprising a camera, an optical transceiver, a non-optical wireless transmitter, a processor, and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the video laryngoscope to perform operations comprising:
- automatically, upon startup and without further user input, performing an unfamiliar wireless connection process for each of the plurality of external devices located within a first room with the video laryngoscope to establish a wireless connection to each of the plurality of external devices;
- transmitting, via the established wireless connections, images captured by the camera to the plurality of external devices;
- receiving a power-off input;
- powering off the video laryngoscope in response to the power-off input;
- receiving a power-on input in a second room different from the first room;
- based on receiving the power-on input, detecting an optical signal from a medical device in the second room;
- and
- based on the optical signal from a medical device in the second room, establishing a non-optical connection with the medical device in the second room but not with any of the plurality of external devices located in the first room.
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A system for transmitting video laryngoscope images, comprising:
- a medical device comprising:
- a first optical transceiver that detects and emits optical signals;
- a first non-optical wireless transceiver that transmits and receives non-optical data signals;
- a display;
- a first memory;
- and
- a first processor;
- a headless hub comprising:
- a second optical transceiver that detects and emits optical signals;
- a second non-optical wireless transceiver that transmits and receives non-optical data signals;
- a second memory;
- and
- a second processor;
- a video laryngoscope comprising:
- a camera that acquires images;
- a third optical transceiver that detects and emits optical signals;
- a third non-optical wireless transceiver that transmits and receives non-optical data signals;
- a third processor;
- and
- a third memory storing instructions that, when executed by the third processor, causes the video laryngoscope to perform operations comprising:
- detect, by the third optical transceiver, a first optical signal from the first optical transceiver of the medical device;
- detect, by the third optical transceiver, a second optical signal from the second optical transceiver of the headless hub;
- based on data in the first optical signal, establish, by the third non-optical wireless transceiver and without prior or further user input, a first non-optical connection with the first non-optical wireless transceiver of the medical device;
- based on data in the second optical signal, establish, by the third non-optical wireless transceiver and without prior or further user input, a second non-optical connection with the second non-optical wireless transceiver of the headless hub;
- capture, by the camera, video data;
- transmit the captured video data to the medical device via the first non-optical connection;
- and
- transmit the captured video data to the headless hub via the second non-optical connection.
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A method, performed by a video laryngoscope, for transmitting image data captured by the video laryngoscope, the method comprising:
- while in a first patient environment, receiving a first power-on input;
- upon startup in response to the first power-on input and without requiring any further user input, detecting a first optical signal from a first medical device having a first display screen;
- based on the first optical signal and without pre-pairing, establishing a first non-optical connection with the first medical device;
- capturing first images by a camera of the video laryngoscope during a first medical procedure being performed in the first patient environment;
- transmitting the first images to the first medical device via the first non-optical connection;
- powering off the video laryngoscope;
- subsequently, while in a second patient environment, receiving a second power-on input;
- upon startup in response to the second power-on input, and without requiring any further user input, detecting a second optical signal from a second medical device having a second display screen, the second medical device being different from the first medical device;
- based on the second optical signal and without pre-pairing, establishing a second non-optical connection with the second medical device and not the first medical device;
- capturing second images by the camera of the video laryngoscope during a second medical procedure being performed in the second patient environment;
- and
- transmitting the second images to the second medical device via the second non-optical connection.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.