SURGICAL THEATER SYSTEM

• Main Authors: GRAY, GARY A, HEIMBROCK, RICHARD H, MANLOVE, D. SCOTT, HOWELL, CHARLES A, REED, HOWARD, TURNER, JONATHAN D
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 19.02.2008
• Subjects: BLASTING; BUILDING; BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; CEILINGS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; DIAGNOSIS; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; FENCING; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; FLOORS; FRAMES, CASINGS, OR BEDS OF ENGINES OR OTHER MACHINES ORAPPARATUS NOT SPECIFIC TO AN ENGINE, MACHINE, OR APPARATUSPROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMSTHEREOF; FUNERAL DEVICES; GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; HEATING; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS; LIGHTING; MASTS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; ROOFS; STANDS OR SUPPORTS; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHERARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; SURGERY; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; SYSTEMS THEREOF; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; TRANSPORT OR ACCOMODATION FOR PATIENTS; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLEEXTERIORS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; WEAPONS

A surgical theater system (10) includes a central hub (12) mounted to a ceiling (11) of a surgical theater, devices selected from the group of monitors (42, 44), surgical lights (18, 20) and cameras (108) mounted for movement relative to a rotation axis (26) of the central hub (12), one of such devices being mounted for movement about a pivot axis (56, 58) of the hub (12), and a video control system (585, 820, 822, 920) controlling camera functions and feeds and the feed provided to the monitors (42, 44) and remote video devices (592).