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US 12,256,995 · App. 17/210,839 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

Surgical network recommendations from real time analysis of procedure variables against a baseline highlighting differences from the optimal solution

Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV (Hillsboro, OH); Jason L. Harris (Lebanon, OH); Taylor W. Aronhalt (Loveland, OH)
Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
A61B34/10A61B17/07207A61B34/30A61B90/98G16H20/40G16H40/63A61B2017/00022A61B2017/00057A61B2017/00123A61B2017/00221A61B2017/00398A61B17/320068A61B2018/0063A61B18/14A61B2034/2065A61B2034/252A61B2034/256A61B2218/002A61B2218/006A61B2218/008
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Patent No.
US 12,256,995
App. No.
17/210,839
Filed
Mar 24, 2021
Granted
Mar 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3682
USPC
705/2
Abstract

Various systems and methods providing recommendations based on analysis of surgical procedure variables are disclosed. A computer system, such as a surgical hub, can be configured to be communicably coupled to a surgical device. The computer system can be programmed to determine contextual data related to the surgical procedure being performed based at least in part of perioperative data received from the surgical device paired with the computer system. Further, the computer system can determine a procedural variable associated with the determined surgical context and then compare the procedural variable to a baseline. Depending upon the outcome of the comparison, the computer system can provide intraoperative or postoperative recommendations to the surgical staff.

Claims (40)

1. A situationally aware surgical system for use during a surgical procedure performed on a patient in a medical facility, the situationally aware surgical system comprising:

surgical hub subsystem comprising a first processor to execute a hub application, wherein the surgical hub subsystem is communicably couplable to a surgical instrument configured to perform a tissue treatment function, wherein the hub application is to receive interoperative data generated by the surgical instrument during the surgical procedure; and

a cloud-based analytics subsystem comprising a second processor and a memory, wherein the memory is to store aggregated data corresponding to a plurality of previous surgical procedures, wherein the second processor and the hub application are communicably couplable via an application programming interface to execute a data analytics module, and wherein the data analytics module is to:

determine a current instrument configuration of the surgical instrument and a step of the surgical procedure being performed using the surgical instrument based on intraoperative data generated by the surgical instrument;

determine a baseline instrument configuration for the step of the surgical procedure based on the aggregated data, wherein the baseline instrument configuration is derived from instrument configurations used during a corresponding step of the previous surgical procedures; and

cause the surgical instrument to implement a modified instrument configuration based on the baseline instrument configuration.

2. The situationally aware surgical system of claim 1 , wherein the data analytics module is to determine a surgical context based on the intraoperative data generated by the surgical instrument, and wherein the data analytics module is to cause the surgical instrument to implement the modified instrument configuration based on the surgical context.

3. The situationally aware surgical system of claim 1 , wherein the data analytics module is to:

access inventory information stored in an inventory database of the medical facility; and

determine that an alternative surgical instrument is available based on the inventory information.

4. The situationally aware surgical system of claim 1 , wherein the data analytics module is to:

access inventory information stored in an inventory database of the medical facility;

determine that an alternative surgical instrument is not available based on the inventory information; and

store in the memory an indication that an intraoperative modification for the current instrument configuration would have been generated to include a recommendation to use the alternate surgical instrument but the alternate surgical instrument was not available.

5. The situationally aware surgical system of claim 1 , wherein the surgical hub subsystem is communicably couplable to a display device, and wherein the data analytics module is to transmit a signal to the display device to cause the display device to overlay an indicator corresponding to the modified instrument configuration over a live video feed of the surgical procedure.

6. The situationally aware surgical system of claim 5 , wherein the live video feed of the surgical procedure is generated by a camera coupled to the surgical instrument.

7. The situationally aware surgical system of claim 5 , wherein the aggregated data further comprises historical information associated with a type of the surgical procedure being performed.

8. The situationally aware surgical system of claim 7 , wherein the modified instrument configuration is determined by the data analytics module based on the type of the surgical procedure.

9. The situationally aware surgical system of claim 7 , wherein the historical information comprises a white paper.

10. The situationally aware surgical system of claim 7 , wherein the historical information comprises a video of at least a portion of at least one of the plurality of previous surgical procedures, and wherein the signal transmitted to the display device comprises the video.

11. The situationally aware surgical system of claim 1 , wherein the data analytics module is to cause the surgical instrument to implement the modified instrument configuration based on perioperative data collected prior to the surgical procedure.

12. A cloud-based analytics system comprising:

a memory to store aggregated data corresponding to a plurality of previous surgical procedures; and

a processor communicably couplable via an application programming interface to a hub application executed by a surgical hub system to execute a data analytics module, wherein the hub application is to receive intraoperative data generated by a surgical instrument during a surgical procedure, wherein the surgical instrument is configured to perform a tissue treatment function, and wherein the data analytics module is to:

determine a current instrument configuration of the surgical instrument and a step of the surgical procedure being performed using the surgical instrument based on the intraoperative data;

determine a baseline instrument configuration for the step of the surgical procedure based on the aggregated data, wherein the baseline instrument configuration is derived from instrument configurations used during a corresponding step of the previous surgical procedures; and

cause the surgical instrument to implement a modified instrument configuration based on the baseline instrument configuration.

13. The cloud-based analytics system of claim 12 , wherein the data analytics module is to determine a surgical context based on the intraoperative data generated by the surgical instrument, and wherein the the data analytics module is to determine the modified instrument configuration based on the surgical context.

14. The cloud-based analytics system of claim 12 , wherein the surgical hub system is communicably couplable to a display device, and wherein the data analytics module is to transmit a signal to cause the display device to overlay a notification corresponding to the modified instrument configuration over a live video feed of the surgical procedure.

15. The cloud-based analytics system of claim 12 , wherein the aggregated data further comprises historical information associated with a type of the surgical procedure being performed.

16. The cloud-based analytics system of claim 15 , wherein the modified instrument configuration is determined by the data analytics module based on the type of the surgical procedure.

17. The cloud-based analytics system of claim 15 , wherein the historical information comprises a white paper.

18. The cloud-based analytics system of claim 15 , wherein the historical information comprises a video of at least a portion of at least one of the plurality of previous surgical procedures.

19. A method comprising:

communicating, by a cloud-based analytics system via an application programming interface, with a hub application executed by a surgical hub system to execute a data analytics module;

receiving, by the data analytics module, intraoperative data collected by a surgical instrument during surgical procedure, wherein the surgical instrument is configured to perform a tissue treatment function;

determining, by the data analytics module, a current instrument configuration of the surgical instrument and a step of the surgical procedure being performed using the surgical instrument based on the intraoperative data;

determining, by the data analytics module, a baseline instrument configuration for the step of the surgical procedure based on aggregated data from previous surgical procedures, wherein the baseline instrument configuration is derived from instrument configurations used during a corresponding step of the previous surgical procedures; and

causing, by the data analytics module, the surgical instrument to implement a modified instrument configuration based on a comparison of the current instrument configuration to the baseline instrument configuration.

20. The method of claim 19 , further comprising determining, by the data analytics module, a surgical context based on the intraoperative data.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 6, 2021
From: ETHICON LLC
To: CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL
Reel/Frame 056983/0569 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2021
From: SHELTON, FREDERICK E., IV; HARRIS, JASON L.; ARONHALT, TAYLOR W.
To: ETHICON LLC
Reel/Frame 055972/0985 →
Continuity (16)
Continuation 16182290 · Nov 6, 2018
Provisional Application 62729191 · Sep 10, 2018
Provisional Application 62692768 · Jun 30, 2018
Provisional Application 62692747 · Jun 30, 2018
Provisional Application 62692748 · Jun 30, 2018
Provisional Application 62659900 · Apr 19, 2018
Provisional Application 62650882 · Mar 30, 2018
Provisional Application 62650877 · Mar 30, 2018
Provisional Application 62650887 · Mar 30, 2018
Provisional Application 62650898 · Mar 30, 2018
Provisional Application 62640415 · Mar 8, 2018
Provisional Application 62640417 · Mar 8, 2018
Provisional Application 62611340 · Dec 28, 2017
Provisional Application 62611339 · Dec 28, 2017
Provisional Application 62611341 · Dec 28, 2017
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