Surgical Operation Profiles for Automatic Configuration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Computer-assisted surgical systems lack timely, task-relevant automated support for surgical team members, hindering efficient, ergonomic, and situational awareness during procedures.
Innovation Solution
An operation profile system that collects and analyzes surgical session data to identify a matching historical pattern, providing an operation profile that adjusts system settings, warns of potential events, and customizes ergonomic positions based on user interactions and system responses.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual authentication and system configuration are required during surgical procedures, then system security and customization are maintained, but surgical efficiency and ergonomic comfort deteriorate due to time loss and user distraction
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically identifies the user based on operation patterns detected during interaction, and self-configures system settings based on the identified operation profile without requiring manual authentication or configuration input from the user
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-establishes multiple operation profiles with predetermined settings and configurations, and proactively selects and applies the appropriate profile before the user needs to manually configure anything during the surgical procedure
2Adaptability or versatility
If generic system settings are used for all users, then system simplicity is maintained, but ergonomic comfort and task-relevance deteriorate due to lack of personalization
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts system parameters and settings based on the detected operation patterns, automatically transitioning between different configuration states to match the user's workflow without requiring manual intervention
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors user interactions and operation patterns, uses this feedback to identify the appropriate operation profile, and automatically configures settings accordingly, creating a closed-loop adaptive system
3Reliability
If real-time operation profile identification is implemented, then timely automated support is provided, but computational processing time and system resources increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-processes and stores characteristic operation patterns during system setup or idle periods, so that during actual surgical procedures, pattern matching can be performed rapidly by comparing real-time operations against the pre-established pattern library
Solution Approach 2:
The system replaces complex real-time analysis with pattern recognition algorithms that compare current operations against stored historical patterns, significantly reducing computational requirements and processing time while maintaining high reliability
Data Source
AI summary
An operation profile system may collect surgical session data representative of surgical procedure operations performed during a surgical session and may access operation pattern data representative of multiple historical patterns of surgical procedure operations. The system may identify, based on the operation pattern data and the surgical session data, a first historical pattern included in the multiple historical patterns of surgical procedure operations and that matches a first collected pattern from the surgical procedure operations. The system may provide, for use during the surgical session, a first operation profile associated with the first historical pattern that matches the first collected pattern.