Tele-medicine system that transmits an entire state of a subsystem

• Main Authors: GHODOUSSI MODJTABA, BUTNER STEVE E
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 02.03.2006
• Subjects: ADVERTISING; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND,DEAF OR MUTE; CALCULATING; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES; COMPUTING; COUNTING; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGRAMS; DISPLAY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; GLOBES; HAND TOOLS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; MANIPULATORS; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PLANETARIA; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; SEALS; SURGERY; TRANSPORTING

A tele-medicine system that includes an input device which can control a medical system. The input device may be the handle of a surgeon console. The medical system may include a robotically controlled medical device. A transmitter may transmit information relating to each state of the input device over a communication network. The medical system receives the transmitted state information through a receiver. The medical system changes state in response to the received state information from the input device. The system sends information relating to an entire state of the input device over a sample period to insure that the medical system receives all commands, data, etc. necessary to operate the system.