Systems and methods for providing remote diagnostics and support for surgical systems
AssigneeAdvanced Medical Optics, Inc.
InventorsWes Morris, Robert V. Loschy
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Abstract
Systems and methods for medical care, and more particularly, systems and methods for providing remote diagnostics and support for surgical systems. A central computer system is communicatively coupled to one or more computer-based surgical machines. The central computer system is programmed to monitor the operation of each of the surgical machines, diagnose any problems that occur with the machines, and notify a technician of potential problems with the machines to provide for an efficient support system that minimizes undesirable downtime of the surgical machines.
Claims20
A service system for supporting ophthalmic surgical systems, the service system comprising:
- a plurality of remotely located ophthalmic surgical machines;
- a plurality of personal digital assistants;
- and
- a central computer system communicatively coupled to each of the plurality of ophthalmic surgical machines and to each of the plurality of personal digital assistant, the central computer system configured to:
- detect an operation fault of at least one of the plurality of ophthalmic surgical machines, the operation fault indicating a service requirement of the at least one of the plurality of ophthalmic surgical machines;
- and
- notify at least one of the personal digital assistants of the operation fault.
The service system of claim 16 wherein the central computer system comprises a database of profiles for each of the one or more phacoemulsification machines, the database of profiles based on at least one of the total usage of the rotary vain pump of each of the one or more phacoemulsification machines, an amount of time for priming, a vacuum performance, a power performance, a power error, a temperature error, a computer error, a safety error, a footswitch error, an account warranty status, and a serial/lot number, and wherein the central computer system is further configured to predict the service requirement using the database of profiles.
A method of servicing a plurality of surgical systems, the method comprising the steps of:
- monitoring the plurality of surgical systems to obtain data indicating a status for each of the plurality of surgical systems;
- determining an operation fault of at least one surgical system of the plurality of surgical systems based on the data and a database of pre-determined profiles corresponding to each of the plurality of surgical systems;
- and
- notifying at least one technician of the operation fault.
A support system for a plurality of remotely located ophthalmic surgical machines, the support system comprising:
- a plurality of personal digital assistants;
- and
- a central computer system communicatively coupled to each of the plurality of ophthalmic surgical machines and to each of the plurality of personal digital assistants, the central computer system configured to:
- receive data from at least one of the plurality of ophthalmic surgical machines;
- detect an operation fault of at least one of the plurality of ophthalmic surgical machines based on the data and a database on profiles corresponding to each of the plurality of ophthalmic surgical machines, the operation fault indicating a service requirement of the at least one of the plurality of ophthalmic surgical machines;
- and
- transmit an alert to at least one of the personal digital assistants, the alert indicating the operation fault.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.