AR Pairing Display for Surgical Remote Controls and Devices

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Solution Overview

Problem

In complex surgical environments, there are challenges with wireless communication pairing between multiple surgical devices and control devices, leading to issues such as improper pairing, signal interference, and difficulty in determining correct device connections, which can affect the efficiency and safety of surgical procedures.

Innovation Solution

A system and method for assessing inter-device communication pairing using intelligent medical devices, a modular control tower, and display devices to provide an augmented reality display indicating the status of device pairing, ensuring correct communication between surgical instruments and control devices.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If wireless communication is used between multiple surgical devices and control devices, then device connectivity and data transmission are improved, but improper pairing and signal interference occur leading to reduced reliability

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedevice connectivityVSAvoidpairing accuracy

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements feedback mechanisms where the control tower continuously monitors communication signals between surgical devices and transmits pairing status information back to the display device. This feedback loop enables real-time verification of correct device pairing and allows the system to adjust communication parameters to maintain reliable connections in complex surgical environments.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The control tower serves as an intermediary device that mediates communication between multiple surgical devices and the display system. It receives communication data from surgical devices, processes pairing information, and transmits verified pairing status to the display device, thereby preventing improper pairing and signal interference through centralized coordination.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple intelligent medical devices are used in the surgical setting, then functional capabilities are improved, but determining correct device connections becomes difficult

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvefunctional capabilitiesVSAvoiddevice connection status

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDifficulty of detecting and measuring

Solution Approach 1:

The display device utilizes color-coded visual indicators to represent different device pairing statuses. Virtual objects on the display change color or display different visual patterns to indicate whether devices are correctly paired, making it easy for surgical personnel to quickly identify connection status without complex technical knowledge.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #32Color changes

Solution Approach 2:

The control tower acts as an intermediary that consolidates connection information from multiple intelligent medical devices and presents it in a unified, easily interpretable format through the display device. This mediation simplifies the complexity of monitoring multiple device connections by providing a centralized overview.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Speed

If wireless communication data is transmitted between devices, then real-time monitoring is improved, but signal interference and communication errors increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvereal-time monitoringVSAvoidsignal interference

Core Design Contradiction:

SpeedVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The control tower serves as a protected intermediary that receives, validates, and processes communication data from surgical devices before relaying it to the display system. This intermediary layer filters out erroneous signals and prevents interference from propagating through the system, maintaining data integrity during real-time monitoring.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements error detection and correction feedback mechanisms where the control tower verifies received communication data and requests retransmission if errors are detected. This feedback process ensures accurate data transmission despite the presence of signal interference in the wireless environment.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS12493996B2Indication of the couple pair of remote controls with remote devices functions

Publication Date: 2025.12.09 CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL

AI summary

A method of assessing inter-device communication pairing in a surgical setting, may include transmitting, by a first intelligent medical device, wireless communication data within the surgical setting, receiving, by a second intelligent medical device, the wireless communication data from the first intelligent medical device, determining, by the second intelligent medical device, communication pairing data indicative of an inter-device communication pairing of the second intelligent medical device with the first intelligent medical device, transmitting, by the second intelligent medical device, the communication pairing data to a modular control tower, and displaying, by the modular control tower on a display device, an augmented reality display comprising one or more virtual objects indicative of the inter-device communication pairing. An interactive surgical system may include multiple intelligent medical devices and displays which can form communication pairs in this manner.