Adaptive control program updates for surgical hubs
Various analytics systems are disclosed. An analytics system is configured to communicably couple to a plurality of surgical hubs that are controlled by control programs. The analytics system includes a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the analytics system to: receive perioperative data indicative of an operational behavior of the surgical hubs; analyze the perioperative data to determine whether an update condition is satisfied; generate a control program update according to whether the update condition is satisfied; and transmit the control program update to the surgical hubs. The perioperative data includes data detected by the surgical hubs during a surgical procedure. The control program update is configured to alter the manner in which the control programs operate the surgical hubs during a surgical procedure based on the operational behavior.
1 . A surgical system, comprising:
a surgical hub to be communicably coupled to a surgical instrument, wherein the surgical hub is further to transmit a signal associated with a surgical procedure;
a medical database to store data associated with surgical procedures, wherein the data comprises a black list of surgical devices; and
a cloud-based analytics subsystem to be communicably coupled to the surgical hub and the medical database, wherein the cloud-based analytics subsystem comprises a control circuit and a memory to store a hub application executable to cause the control circuit to:
receive the transmitted signal from the surgical hub;
determine a step in the surgical procedure based, at least in part, on the transmitted signal;
retrieve data associated with the determined step in the surgical procedure from the medical database, wherein the retrieved data comprises the black list of surgical devices associated with the determined step in the surgical procedure;
generate an analytic solution for the surgical procedure based, at least in part, on the retrieved data associated with the determined step in the surgical procedure; and
determine that the surgical hub is on the black list of surgical devices based, at least in part, on the transmitted signal to prevent the surgical hub from interacting with the cloud-based analytics subsystem.
2 . The surgical system of claim 1 , wherein, when executed by the control circuit, the hub application further causes the control circuit to determine that the surgical instrument is on the black list of surgical devices.
3 . The surgical system of claim 2 , wherein the generated analytic solution comprises restricting access of the surgical instrument to the surgical hub.
4 . The surgical system of claim 2 , wherein the generated analytic solution comprises locking out a function of the surgical instrument.
5 . The surgical system of claim 2 , wherein the generated analytic solution comprises an indication that the surgical instrument is on the black list of surgical devices.
6 . The surgical system of claim 1 , wherein, when executed by the control circuit, the hub application further causes the control circuit to determine that the surgical instrument is incompatible based, at least in part, on the black list of surgical devices.
7 . The surgical system of claim 1 , wherein, when executed by the control circuit, the hub application further causes the control circuit to determine that the surgical instrument is counterfeit based, at least in part, on the black list of surgical devices.
8 . The surgical system of claim 1 , wherein, when executed by the control circuit, the hub application further causes the control circuit to determine that the surgical instrument is being improperly reused based, at least in part, on the black list of surgical devices.
9 . A surgical system, comprising:
a cloud-based analytics subsystem configured to be communicably coupled to a surgical hub and an aggregated medical database, wherein the cloud-based analytics subsystem comprises a control circuit and a memory configured to store an application, and wherein, when executed by the control circuit, the application causes the control circuit to:
receive a transmitted signal from the surgical hub;
determine a step of a surgical procedure being performed on a patient based, at least in part, on the transmitted signal;
retrieve data associated with the determined step of the surgical procedure from the aggregated medical database, wherein the retrieved data comprises a black list of surgical devices associated with the determined step of the surgical procedure;
generate an analytic solution for the surgical procedure performed on the patient based, at least in part, on the retrieved data associated with the determined step of the surgical procedure; and
determine that the surgical hub is on the black list of surgical devices based, at least in part, on the transmitted signal to prevent the surgical hub from interacting with the cloud-based analytics subsystem.
10 . The surgical system of claim 9 , wherein, when executed by the control circuit, the application further causes the control circuit to determine that a surgical instrument is on the black list of surgical devices based, at least in part, on the retrieved data.
11 . The surgical system of claim 10 , wherein the generated analytic solution comprises an indication that the surgical instrument is on the black list of surgical devices.
12 . The surgical system of claim 9 , wherein the generated analytic solution comprises restricting functional access of a surgical instrument to the surgical hub based, at least in part, on the retrieved data.
13 . A surgical system, comprising:
a cloud-based analytics subsystem to be communicably coupled to a surgical hub and a medical database, wherein the cloud-based analytics subsystem comprises a control circuit and a memory to store a hub application executable to cause the control circuit to:
receive a transmitted signal from a surgical hub associated with a surgical procedure;
determine a step in the surgical procedure based, at least in part, on the transmitted signal;
retrieve data associated with the determined step in the surgical procedure from a medical database, wherein the retrieved data comprises a black list of surgical devices associated with the determined step in the surgical procedure; and
determine that a surgical instrument communicatively coupled to the surgical hub is counterfeit based, at least in part, on the black list of surgical devices; and
generate an analytic solution for the surgical procedure performed on a patient based, at least in part, on the determination that the surgical instrument is counterfeit, wherein the analytic solution comprises preventing full functionality of the surgical instrument.
14 . The surgical system of claim 13 , further comprising the surgical hub communicatively couplable to the surgical instrument, wherein the surgical hub is further to transmit the signal associated with a surgical procedure.
15 . The surgical system of claim 13 , further comprising the medical database to store data associated with surgical procedures, wherein the data comprises the black list of surgical devices.
16 . The surgical system of claim 13 , further comprising the surgical instrument communicably couplable to the surgical hub.