Wireless Surgical Console Device Registration and Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing surgical devices lack a reliable mechanism for two-way communication and tracking of device usage, maintenance, and operator inputs, which affects mobility and procedural flexibility while ensuring device integrity and safety.
Innovation Solution
A surgical system comprising a console that wirelessly communicates with surgical instruments, registers them, and provides operational feedback, including visual and auditory cues, while preventing unregistered or unclean devices from operation, using FCC-registered industrial, scientific, and medical radio bands for communication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a battery-operated hand-held surgical device is used without physical connection to external drive system, then mobility during surgical procedures is improved, but ability to communicate with external systems and track device usage deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces physical wired connections with wireless communication technology. The hand-held surgical device uses wireless transceivers to communicate with external consoles and systems, eliminating the need for physical cables while maintaining communication capabilities. This allows the device to remain mobile during surgical procedures while still transmitting operational data, usage information, and receiving commands wirelessly.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces wireless communication modules and external consoles as intermediaries between the hand-held device and the broader surgical system. These intermediaries enable data exchange, device registration, and usage tracking without requiring direct physical connections, thus preserving mobility while establishing communication channels.
2Reliability
If wireless two-way communication is established between surgical instrument and console, then device registration and tracking capability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements multi-functional wireless communication systems that handle multiple tasks through integrated modules. The same wireless infrastructure supports device registration, usage tracking, real-time communication, and data transmission. This universal approach reduces the need for separate dedicated systems for each function, thereby limiting the increase in overall complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The surgical devices automatically perform registration and communication functions upon activation without requiring manual configuration. The devices self-register with the console, automatically establish communication links, and begin transmitting data without user intervention, reducing the operational complexity for users.
3Reliability
If device registration and cleaning tracking system is implemented, then device integrity and safety control is improved, but system complexity and operational restrictions increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary registration of surgical devices with the console before they can be used. Devices must be registered and have their cleaning status tracked in advance. The system maintains a registry of approved devices and checks this registration status before allowing operation, ensuring that only properly cleaned and authorized devices are used.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs feedback mechanisms where the console continuously monitors device status, cleaning records, and usage data. The system provides feedback to operators about device readiness and safety status, and automatically restricts operation of devices that have not been properly cleaned or registered, creating a closed-loop safety control system.
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AI summary
A surgical system and method includes a surgical instrument configured to wirelessly transmit identifying data specific to the surgical instrument and a console configured to receive the identifying data. The console is configured to register the surgical instrument based on the identifying data, establish a wireless two-way communication link between the surgical instrument and the console, receive at least one of operational data and commands from the surgical instrument, and provide operational feedback data to a user of the surgical instrument during an operation of the surgical instrument based on the at least one of operational data and commands.