Surgical Robot Operating Device Automatic Setup via IC Card

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Solution Overview

Problem

In surgical systems, when a preceptor arrives at a medical institution for robotic surgery training, their ergonomic settings cannot be pre-stored in the system, requiring manual input and increasing setup time and effort.

Innovation Solution

A surgical system that includes a surgical robot, an operating device with adjustable components, and an information reader that acquires user information from a storage medium, allowing the controller to adjust settings automatically based on stored information from an IC card, reducing the need for manual input.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If ergonomic settings are stored in the surgical system's storage device based on user login ID, then automatic setting adjustment is achieved, but preceptor settings cannot be stored in advance at the medical institution

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveautomatic setting adjustmentVSAvoidpreceptor setting storage

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

An IC card serves as an intermediary storage medium that bridges the gap between the preceptor's home system and the medical institution's system. The IC card stores setting information locally and can be read by the surgical system at the medical institution, enabling automatic setting adjustment without requiring the settings to be pre-stored in the institution's central storage device.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Adaptability or versatility

If preceptor ergonomic settings are manually input into the surgical system, then settings can be adjusted, but time and effort are increased

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesetting flexibilityVSAvoidsetup time

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The preceptor's ergonomic settings are preliminarily stored on their IC card at their home system before arriving at the medical institution. When the preceptor arrives and logs in, the system automatically reads the pre-stored settings from the IC card and adjusts the components accordingly, eliminating the need for manual input and reducing setup time.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Extent of automation

If the surgical system requires pre-stored settings in its storage device, then automatic adjustment works, but it becomes troublesome to store preceptor settings after arrival

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveautomatic setting retrievalVSAvoidsetting storage process

Core Design Contradiction:

Extent of automationVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The IC card acts as a portable intermediary that carries the preceptor's setting information independently of the medical institution's storage device. This allows the automatic adjustment function to work without requiring the institution's storage device to be pre-populated with preceptor settings, simplifying the overall process.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentEP4353184A1Surgical system

Publication Date: 2024.04.17 MEDICAROID CORP

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AI summary

One or more embodiments of the disclosure may be a surgical system that may include: a surgical robot; an operating device configured to be operated by a doctor to operate the surgical robot; and a controller. The operating device includes a component for which a setting is adjustable, and an information reader configured to acquire user information from a storage medium that stores the user information including user identification information and setting information of the component. The controller is configured control the component to adjust the setting of the component based on the setting information acquired from the storage medium by the information reader.