Method for flagging surgical information with metadata
AssigneeCovidien LP
InventorScott Frushour
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Abstract
This document discloses system and method embodiments for flagging surgical information with metadata. For example, the method includes, by a processor of an intelligent medical device, acquiring data from one or more sensors of an intelligent medical device. The method further includes receiving a signal from a user, the signal indicating a moment in time during a medical procedure. The method further includes flagging the acquired data with metadata based on the time of the received signal and storing the acquired data and the metadata on a server.
Claims20
A method of flagging surgical information, comprising, by a processor of an intelligent medical device:
- acquiring data from one or more sensors of the intelligent medical device;
- receiving a signal from a user, the signal indicating a moment in time during a medical procedure;
- flagging the acquired data with metadata based on the time of the received signal;
- and
- storing the acquired data and the metadata on a server.
An intelligent medical device comprising:
- one or more sensors configured to generate a stream of digital data during a medical procedure;
- an input device;
- and
- a processor and a computer-readable memory containing programming instructions that are configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- receive a signal from the input device;
- flag the stream of digital data with metadata indicating a time of the received signal;
- and
- store the acquired data and the metadata on a server for subsequent review.
A method of presenting stored data for review, the method comprising:
- receiving a stream of digital data from an intelligent medical device, the stream of digital data comprising metadata indicating a moment in time during a medical procedure;
- storing the received data and the metadata for subsequent review;
- determining, based on the metadata, a start time in the received data for replaying the stream of digital data;
- and
- presenting the stored digital data for review starting at a point in the stored digital data indicated by the start time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.