Surgical Performance Baseline Analytics for Real-Time Procedure Alerts

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current surgical systems lack the ability to effectively monitor and analyze real-time data from surgical procedures to optimize device utilization and performance, leading to potential deviations from optimal surgical practices.

Innovation Solution

A computer system configured to receive perioperative data from surgical devices, determine surgical contexts, and compare physical characteristics of surgical staff against baseline standards, generating alerts for clinicians to ensure adherence to optimal procedures.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If real-time monitoring and analysis of surgical data is implemented, then surgical efficiency and safety are improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesurgical efficiencyVSAvoiddevice complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

A computer system acts as an intermediary between surgical devices and clinicians, collecting perioperative data from devices, analyzing it against baseline standards, and generating alerts. This intermediary handles the complexity of real-time data processing while keeping the surgical workflow simple for clinicians.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements feedback by comparing real-time surgical data against baseline standards and generating alerts when deviations are detected. This closed-loop feedback mechanism enables continuous monitoring and correction of surgical practices without requiring clinicians to manually analyze all data.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

2Stability of the object's composition

If real-time data collection and analysis is performed, then performance consistency is enhanced, but loss of time in data processing increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveperformance consistencyVSAvoiddata processing time

Core Design Contradiction:

Stability of the object's compositionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

Baseline standards are pre-established and stored in the system before surgical procedures begin. This preliminary preparation allows for immediate comparison of real-time data against known standards without requiring time-consuming analysis during surgery, thus maintaining performance consistency while minimizing processing time.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS11589932B2Usage and technique analysis of surgeon / staff performance against a baseline to optimize device utilization and performance for both current and future procedures

Publication Date: 2023.02.28 CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL

AI summary

A situationally aware surgical system configured for use during a surgical procedure performed on a patient by an operating clinician is disclosed including a surgical instrument configured to generate a signal and a cloud-based analytics subsystem including a memory and a control circuit. The memory is configured to store a plurality of baseline variables. The control circuit is configured to receive the signal, determine a type of surgical procedure being performed, at least in part, on the received signal, determine that a baseline variable of the plurality of baseline variables corresponds to the determined type of surgical procedure, determine a procedural variable of the surgical procedure based, at least in part, on the received signal, compare the determined procedural variable to the corresponding baseline variable, and generate an alert for the operating clinician based, at least in part, on the comparison.