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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2004
Gang Wang, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Joseph F. Hahn, Orange Village, OH (US);
Amante Mangaser, Goleta, CA (US);
David B. Roe, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Charles P. Steiner, Cleveland, OH (US);
Darrin R. Uecker, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Gang Wang, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Joseph F. Hahn, Orange Village, OH (US);
Amante Mangaser, Goleta, CA (US);
David B. Roe, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Charles P. Steiner, Cleveland, OH (US);
Darrin R. Uecker, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Intuitive Surgical, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for retrieving, accessing, and storing medical data relating to a patient during a medical procedure. The invention provides a single interface to many disparate forms of medical data, which is accessible over a local area network; wide area network, direct connection, or combinations thereof. In one embodiment, an operating room control system for use during a medical procedure on a patient includes an input device, a display device, and a controller that is coupled to the input device and the display device. The controller receives one or more user inputs, transmits a command to a server located outside of the operating room to retrieve medical data, receives the medical data from the server, and displays the medical data on the display device. Medical data can be captured by the controller using, for example, a camera and a video/image capture board, keyboard, and microphone during surgery or examination of the patient. The captured medical data can be stored on one or more remote servers as part of the patient records.