Remote communications and control system for robotic interventional procedures
AssigneeSiemens Healthineers Endovascular Robotics, Inc.
InventorsNicholas Kottenstette, Yao Li, Per Bergman
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Abstract
A method for using a control center at a remote site to control operation of a robotic medical device system at a local site includes transmitting a control signal from the control center to the robotic medical device system, determining a delay in transmission of the control signal, comparing the delay to a threshold delay value and operating the robotic medical device system based on the comparison of the delay to the threshold delay value.
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-37. (canceled)
A system comprising:
- a robotic medical device system at a local site relative to a patient, the robotic medical device system having a local reference clock or being configured to receive time information from an external time source common to a control center at a remote site, the control center having a remote reference clock or being configured to receive time information from the external time source;
- wherein the control center is configured to control the robotic medical device system;
- wherein the robotic medical device system includes at least one medical device;
- and
- wherein the robotic medical device system is configured to
- receive a control signal from the control center, the control signal including a timestamp generated based on time information from said remote reference clock or said external time source,
- determine a delay in transmission of the control signal based on said timestamp,
- compare the delay to a threshold delay value, and
- operate the at least one medical device based on the comparison of the delay to the threshold delay value.
A system comprising:
- a control center at a remote site, the control center having a remote reference clock or being configured to receive time information from a common external time source, and wherein the control center is configured to
- control a robotic medical device system at a local site relative to a patient, the robotic medical device system having a local reference clock or being configured to receive the time information from the common external time source,
- receive at least one image from the robotic medical device system,
- determine a delay in transmission of the image from the robotic medical device system to the control center,
- determine a total delay based on the delay in transmission of the image and a delay in transmission of a control signal from the control center to the robotic medical device system,
- compare the total delay to a threshold delay value, and
- adjust an operation of the robotic medical device system based on the comparison of the total delay to the threshold delay value.
A control center to control operation of a robotic medical device system, the robotic medical device system including at least one medical device, and wherein the control center comprises:
- a memory storing computer-executable instructions;
- and
- at least one processor configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to
- transmit a control signal from the control center to the robotic medical device system,
- determine a delay based on transmission of the control signal and transmission of an image from the robotic medical device system to the control center,
- compare the delay to a threshold delay value, and
- operate the at least one medical device based on the comparison of the delay to the threshold delay value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.