IP Library Granted Patent US 10,453,571
Granted Patent B2
US 10,453,571 · App. 12/643,310 · Granted Oct 22, 2019

Event driven configuration of a surgical system console

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Patent No.
US 10,453,571
App. No.
12/643,310
Granted
Oct 22, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure is directed to a user interface for modifying preprogrammed relationships between a plurality of subsystems of a surgical system. The user interface may be presented on a system display screen. It includes one or more selectable triggering events shown on the display screen, with each of the one or more selectable triggering events identifying a subsystem condition that selectively occurs during a surgical procedure performed with the surgical system. The interface also includes a plurality of selectable responses to the one or more selectable triggering events. The selectable responses deviate from the preprogrammed relationships between subsystems of the surgical system.

Claims (27)

1. A graphical user interface presented on a system display screen, the graphical user interface comprising:

a representation listing, shown on the display screen, of at least two of a plurality of subsystems of a surgical system, the representation listing configured for a user to select, through user interaction with the graphical user interface, a desired event triggering subsystem representation and a desired responsive subsystem representation;

a plurality of user-selectable triggering event representations shown on the display screen, each of the plurality of user-selectable triggering event representations identifying a subsystem condition that occurs during a surgical procedure performed with the surgical system, the plurality of user-selectable triggering event representations configured for the user to select, through user interaction with the graphical user interface, a user-selected triggering event; and

a plurality of user-selectable response representations, shown on the display screen, to the plurality of user-selectable triggering event representations, the plurality of user-selectable response representations configured for the user to select, through user interaction with the graphical user interface, a user-selected response representation, the user-selectable response representations representing user-selectable subsystem responses to perform when the user-selected triggering event is detected, wherein the user-selectable subsystem responses deviate from preprogrammed relationships between subsystems of the surgical system;

one or more user-selectable ending criteria representations, shown on the display screen, for one or more of the plurality of user-selectable response representations, the one or more user-selectable ending criteria representations configured for the user to select, through user interaction with the graphical user interface, a user-selected ending criteria, the ending criteria representations identifying one or more conditions for ending the user-selected response to the user-selected triggering event and resuming control of the subsystems based on the preprogrammed relationships,

wherein user interaction with the graphical user interface comprises the user selecting a graphical representation on the graphical user interface through a surgical system input device.

2. The graphical user interface of claim 1 , wherein the interface enables the user to simultaneously select the desired event triggering subsystem representation and the desired responsive subsystem representation.

3. The graphical user interface of claim 1 , wherein the representation listing of the plurality of subsystems of the surgical system is in the form of a matrix including an event triggering subsystem list and responsive subsystem list, a user-selectable cell in the matrix identifying both an event triggering subsystem from the event triggering subsystem list and a responsive subsystem from the responsive subsystems list such that selection of the cell, through user interaction with the graphical user interface, enables the user to simultaneously select the desired event triggering subsystem and the desired responsive subsystem.

4. The graphical user interface of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of subsystems of the surgical system, represented in the representation listing on the graphical user interface, comprise a footpedal subsystem, a fluidics subsystem that comprises an aspiration vacuum, an ultrasonic generator subsystem that comprises an ultrasonic oscillation handpiece, and an intravenous (IV) pole subsystem.

5. The graphical user interface of claim 1 , wherein one or more of the user-selectable response representations includes an associated level adjustment enabling the user to adjust the response within a preprogrammed range.

6. The graphical user interface of claim 1 , wherein the graphical user interface is configured for the user to select a footswitch subsystem, through user interaction with the graphical user interface, as a desired event triggering subsystem and a fluidics subsystem, which comprises an aspiration vacuum, as a desired responsive subsystem.

7. The graphical user interface of claim 1 , wherein the graphical user interface is configured for the user to select a footswitch subsystem, through user interaction with the graphical user interface, as a desired event triggering subsystem and an ultrasonic generator subsystem, which comprises an ultrasonic oscillation handpiece, as a desired responsive subsystem.

8. The graphical user interface of claim 1 , wherein the graphical user interface is configured for the user to select, through user interaction with the graphical user interface, a footswitch subsystem as a desired event triggering subsystem and an intravenous (IV) pole subsystem as a desired responsive subsystem.

9. The graphical user interface of claim 1 , wherein the graphical user interface is configured for the user to select, through user interaction with the graphical user interface, an ultrasonic generator subsystem, which comprises an ultrasonic oscillation handpiece, as a desired event triggering subsystem and a fluidics subsystem, which comprises an aspiration vacuum, as a desired responsive subsystem.

10. The graphical user interface of claim 1 , wherein the graphical user interface is configured for the user to select, through user interaction with the graphical user interface, an intravenous (IV) pole subsystem as a desired event triggering subsystem and a fluidics subsystem, which comprises an aspiration vacuum, as a desired responsive subsystem.

11. The graphical user interface of claim 1 , wherein the graphical user interface is configured for the user to select, through user interaction with the graphical user interface, a fluidics subsystem, which comprises an aspiration vacuum, as a desired event triggering subsystem and a footswitch subsystem as a desired responsive subsystem.

12. The graphical user interface of claim 1 , wherein the graphical user interface is configured for the user to select, through user interaction with the graphical user interface, an ultrasonic generator subsystem, which comprises an ultrasonic oscillation handpiece, as a desired event triggering subsystem and a footswitch subsystem as a desired responsive subsystem.

13. The graphical user interface of claim 1 , wherein the graphical user interface is configured for the user to select, through user interaction with the graphical user interface, an intravenous (IV) pole subsystem as a desired event triggering subsystem and a footswitch subsystem as a desired responsive subsystem.

14. The graphical user interface of claim 1 , wherein the graphical user interface is configured for the user to select, through user interaction with the graphical user interface, an ultrasonic generator subsystem, which comprises an ultrasonic oscillation handpiece, as a desired event triggering subsystem and an intravenous (IV) pole subsystem as a desired responsive subsystem.

15. The graphical user interface of claim 1 , wherein the graphical user interface is configured for the user to select, through user interaction with the graphical user interface, a fluidics subsystem, which comprises an aspiration vacuum, as a desired event triggering subsystem and an intravenous (IV) pole subsystem as a desired responsive subsystem.

16. The graphical user interface of claim 1 , wherein the graphical user interface is configured for the user to select, through user interaction with the graphical user interface, an intravenous (IV) pole subsystem as a desired event triggering subsystem and an ultrasonic generator subsystem, which comprises an ultrasonic oscillation handpiece, as a desired responsive subsystem.

17. The graphical user interface of claim 1 , wherein the graphical user interface is configured for the user to select, through user interaction with the graphical user interface, a fluidics subsystem, which comprises an aspiration vacuum, as a desired event triggering subsystem and an ultrasonic generator subsystem, which comprises an ultrasonic oscillation handpiece, as a desired responsive subsystem.

18. The graphical user interface of claim 1 , wherein the desired event triggering subsystem representation or the desired responsive subsystem representation corresponds to a vitrectomy cutter subsystem that includes a vitrectomy handpiece.

19. The graphical user interface of claim 1 ,

wherein the preprogrammed relationships between subsystems of the surgical system are configured to perform an emulsification surgical procedure; and

wherein the user selects, through user interaction with the graphical user interface, the desired event triggering subsystem representation, the desired responsive subsystem representation, the user-selectable triggering event representation, the user-selectable response representation, and the user-selectable ending criteria representation before beginning a surgical procedure that corresponds to the selected desired event triggering subsystem representation, the desired responsive subsystem representation, the user-selectable triggering event representation, the user-selectable response representation, and the user-selectable ending criteria representation.

20. The graphical user interface of claim 1 , wherein the user selects the desired event triggering subsystem representation, the desired responsive subsystem representation, the user-selectable triggering event representation, the user-selectable response representation, and the user-selectable ending criteria representation through use of a touch screen, keyboard, mouse, or trackball to interact with the graphical user interface.

Assignments (5)
CONFIRMATORY DEED OF ASSIGNMENT EFFECTIVE APRIL 8, 2019 Recorded Jul 23, 2020
From: ALCON RESEARCH, LLC
To: ALCON INC.
Reel/Frame 053293/0484 →
MERGER Recorded Jul 21, 2020
From: ALCON RESEARCH, LTD.
To: ALCON RESEARCH, LLC
Reel/Frame 053273/0022 →
CONFIRMATORY DEED OF ASSIGNMENT EFFECTIVE APRIL 8, 2019 Recorded Dec 10, 2019
From: NOVARTIS AG
To: ALCON INC.
Reel/Frame 051454/0788 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 20, 2019
From: ALCON RESEARCH, LTD.; ALCON RESEARCH, LLC
To: ALCON RESEARCH, LLC
Reel/Frame 050096/0191 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2010
From: TEODORESCU, DAN V
To: ALCON RESEARCH, LTD.
Reel/Frame 024614/0422 →
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