Tele-medicine system that transmits an entire state of a subsystem
AssigneeIntuitive Surgical, Inc.
InventorsModjtaba Ghodoussi, Steve E. Butner
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Abstract
A tele-medicine system that includes an input device which can control a medical system. The input device may be the handle of a surgeon console. The medical system may include a robotically controlled medical device. A transmitter may transmit information relating to each state of the input device over a communication network. The medical system receives the transmitted state information through a receiver. The medical system changes state in response to the received state information from the input device. The system sends information relating to an entire state of the input device over a sample period to insure that the medical system receives all commands, data, etc. necessary to operate the system.
Claims20
A tele-medicine system that communicates through a network, comprising:
- an input device that has a series of states;
- a transmitter coupled to said input device and transmits information that relates to each state of said input device through the network;
- a receiver that receives the information related to each state;
- and,
- a medical system that is coupled to said receiver and changes states in response to the received information related to each state of said input device.
A tele-medicine system that communicates through a network, comprising:
- an input device that has a series of states;
- transmitter means for transmitting information that relates to each state of said input device through the network;
- receiver means for receiving the information related to each state;
- and,
- a medical system that changes states in response to the received information related to each state of said input device.
A method for communicating information from an input device to a medical system over a network, comprising:
- sampling a state of an input device to collect state information;
- transmitting the state information over the network;
- receiving the state information;
- and,
- changing a state of a medical system in response to the received state information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.