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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2006
Paul J. Essex, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Johan Ekvall, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
Kirk W. Todd, Yorba Linda, CA (US);
Paul J. Essex, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Johan Ekvall, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
Kirk W. Todd, Yorba Linda, CA (US);
Novartis AG, Basel, CH;
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for allowing a user to modify a surgical procedure. An embodiment of the method of the present invention can include: providing a GUI on a touch screen of a surgical console, said GUI comprising a representation of the surgical procedure and representations of one or more surgical steps, wherein the GUI allows a user to modify the representation of the surgical procedure by dragging and dropping representations of surgical steps using the touch screen; detecting that the representation of the surgical procedure has been modified; and modifying the surgical procedure to correspond to the modified representation of the surgical procedure.