US 11,678,881 B2
Spatial awareness of surgical hubs in operating rooms
David C. Yates, Morrow, OH (US); Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US); Jason L. Harris, Lebanon, OH (US); and Andrew W. Carroll, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Assigned to Cilag GmbH International, Zug (CH)
Filed by Cilag GmbH International, Zug (CH)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2018, as Appl. No. 15/940,666.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/649,302, filed on Mar. 28, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/611,340, filed on Dec. 28, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/611,341, filed on Dec. 28, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/611,339, filed on Dec. 28, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2019/0206551 A1, Jul. 4, 2019
Int. Cl. G16H 40/20 (2018.01); G16H 40/40 (2018.01); G16H 40/60 (2018.01); H04W 4/33 (2018.01); A61B 17/072 (2006.01); A61B 34/37 (2016.01); H04W 4/38 (2018.01); H04W 84/20 (2009.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); H04L 41/0816 (2022.01); H04L 67/1097 (2022.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01); H04L 65/40 (2022.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/30 (2016.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/07207 (2013.01) [A61B 17/072 (2013.01); A61B 17/320016 (2013.01); A61B 17/320092 (2013.01); A61B 18/1442 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 34/37 (2016.02); A61B 90/39 (2016.02); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); G16H 40/40 (2018.01); G16H 40/60 (2018.01); H04L 41/0816 (2013.01); H04L 65/40 (2013.01); H04L 67/1097 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04W 4/33 (2018.02); H04W 4/38 (2018.02); H04W 84/20 (2013.01); A61B 1/00009 (2013.01); A61B 17/00 (2013.01); A61B 17/320068 (2013.01); A61B 18/1206 (2013.01); A61B 18/14 (2013.01); A61B 18/1445 (2013.01); A61B 34/74 (2016.02); A61B 90/30 (2016.02); A61B 90/361 (2016.02); A61B 90/37 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00017 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00022 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00026 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0046 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00115 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00398 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00734 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07257 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07271 (2013.01); A61B 2017/07285 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2927 (2013.01); A61B 2017/32007 (2017.08); A61B 2018/0063 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00601 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00642 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00994 (2013.01); A61B 2018/126 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1253 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1273 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2055 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2063 (2016.02); A61B 2034/302 (2016.02); A61B 2090/061 (2016.02); A61B 2090/064 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0803 (2016.02); A61B 2090/395 (2016.02); A61B 2090/397 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3908 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3937 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3941 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3987 (2016.02); A61B 2218/002 (2013.01); A61B 2218/006 (2013.01); A61B 2218/007 (2013.01); A61B 2218/008 (2013.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical hub for use with a surgical system in a surgical procedure performed in an operating room, wherein the surgical system comprises a plurality of surgical devices configured for use during the surgical procedure, wherein each surgical device of the plurality is configured to transmit and receive radio signals, wherein each surgical device of the plurality can be communicably coupled to the surgical hub according to a pairing distance limit, and a plurality of photoelectric sensors configured to transmit electromagnetic energy throughout the operating room and detect pulses of electromagnetic energy that has reflected off a perimeter wall of the operating room, wherein the surgical hub comprises:
a control circuit communicably coupled to the plurality of photoelectric sensors, wherein the control circuit is configured to:
receive phase data from the plurality of photoelectric sensors, wherein the phase data comprises a first phase associated with electromagnetic energy transmitted by at least one photoelectric sensor of the plurality of photoelectric sensors and a second phase associated with electromagnetic energy received by at least one photoelectric sensor of the plurality of photoelectric sensors;
compare the first phase to the second phase;
generate a map of the operating room based on the comparison;
determine bounds of the operating room based on the map;
adjust the pairing distance limit based, at least in part, on the determined bounds;
determine that a first surgical device of the plurality is located within the pairing distance limit based on a strength and a direction of a first radio signal transmitted by the first surgical device;
determine that a second surgical device of the plurality is located outside of the pairing distance limit based on a strength and a direction of a second radio signal transmitted by the second surgical device;
pair the surgical hub with the first surgical device of the plurality located within the adjusted pairing distance limit, such that the surgical hub can control operating parameters associated with the first surgical device; and
ignore the second surgical device of the plurality located outside the adjusted pairing distance limit.