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US 12,575,855 · App. 17/217,642 · Granted Mar 17, 2026

Surgical system distributed processing

Inventors: David C. Yates (Morrow, OH); Frederick E. Shelton, IV (Hillsboro, OH)
Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
A61B17/3211A61B17/068G16H20/40G16H40/60G16H40/63G16H40/67A61B2017/00137A61B2017/00225A61B2018/00702H04L2209/42
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Patent No.
US 12,575,855
App. No.
17/217,642
Filed
Mar 30, 2021
Granted
Mar 17, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3686
USPC
705/3
Abstract

Surgical hub systems are disclosed. A surgical hub system comprises a surgical hub configured to communicably couple to a modular device comprising a sensor configured to detect data associated with the modular device and a device processor. The surgical hub comprises a hub processor, a hub memory coupled to the hub processor. The surgical hub system also comprises a distributed control system executable at least in part by each of the device processor and the hub processor. The distributed control system is configured to: receive the data detected by the sensor; determine control adjustments for the modular device according to the data; and control the modular device according to the control adjustments. When in a first mode, the distributed control system is executed by both the hub processor and the device processor. In a second mode, the distributed control system is executed solely by the device processor.

Claims (49)

1 . A surgical hub for use with a surgical system in a surgical procedure performed in an operating room, the surgical hub comprising:

a control circuit configured to:

communicably couple to a surgical device in the operating room;

communicably couple to a remote server;

receive real-time usage data from the surgical device during a surgical procedure, wherein the real-time usage data is sensed by at least one sensor of the surgical device during the surgical procedure associated with real-time operations of the surgical device;

anonymize the real-time usage data, wherein anonymizing the real-time usage data comprises:

removing an unredacted portion of the real-time usage data; and

generating anonymized, stripped real-time usage data;

transmit a real-time data stream comprising the anonymized, stripped real-time usage data to the remote server, wherein the remote server remotely monitors the real-time operations of the surgical device based on the real-time data stream;

derive contextual information based on the anonymized, stripped real-time usage data; and

control the surgical device,

wherein controlling the surgical device comprises:

communicating control adjustments to the surgical device based on the contextual information; and

adjusting the surgical device based on the communicated control adjustments.

2 . The surgical hub of claim 1 , wherein the control circuit is further configured to query grouped anonymized usage data from the remote server.

3 . The surgical hub of claim 2 , wherein the control circuit is further configured to send a result of a comparison of the real-time usage data to the grouped anonymized usage data to a display screen.

4 . The surgical hub of claim 1 , wherein the real-time usage data comprises how often the surgical device has been used.

5 . The surgical hub of claim 1 , wherein the real-time usage data comprises what procedures the surgical device has been used during.

6 . The surgical hub of claim 1 , wherein the real-time usage data comprises who used the surgical device.

7 . The surgical hub of claim 1 , wherein the real-time usage data comprises an internal state of the surgical device and a tissue being operated on.

8 . The surgical hub of claim 1 , wherein the control circuit is further configured to continuously receive real-time usage data from the surgical device before, during, and after the surgical procedure.

9 . The surgical hub of claim 1 , wherein real-time usage data can be queried from the remote server before, during, or after a procedure.

10 . A remote server connected to a plurality of surgical hubs that are used with surgical systems in surgical procedures performed in operating rooms, the remote server comprising:

a control circuit configured to:

communicably couple to at least one surgical hub;

receive a real-time data stream comprising anonymized, stripped real-time usage data from the at least one surgical hub, wherein real-time usage data is sensed by at least one sensor of a surgical device during a surgical procedure associated with real-time operations of the surgical device, wherein the real-time usage data is anonymized by removing an unredacted portion of the real-time usage data and generating the anonymized, stripped real-time usage data;

remotely monitor the real-time operations of the surgical device based on the real-time data stream;

store the anonymized, stripped real-time usage data into types of data;

receive a query on a type of data from the at least one surgical hub;

transmit a group of anonymized, stripped real-time usage data based on the query to the at least one surgical hub; and

control the surgical device,

wherein controlling the surgical device comprises:

communicating a control adjustment to the surgical device based on the group of anonymized, stripped real-time usage data; and

adjusting the surgical device based on the communicated control adjustment.

11 . The remote server of claim 10 , wherein the real-time usage data comprises any one or more of how often a surgical device has been utilized, what procedures the surgical device has been utilized in connection with, who utilized the surgical device, an internal state of the surgical device, and a tissue being operated on.

12 . The remote server of claim 10 , wherein the control circuit causes a first type of data to be stored in association with a second type of data.

13 . The remote server of claim 10 , wherein a query can be received from the at least one surgical hub before, during, or after a procedure.

14 . The remote server of claim 10 , wherein types of data can be queried based on a time frame.

15 . A surgical device, comprising:

a control circuit configured to:

communicably couple to a surgical hub;

store anonymized, stripped real-time usage data, wherein the anonymized, stripped real-time usage data is generated by removing an unredacted portion of real-time usage data sensed by at least one sensor of the surgical device during a surgical procedure associated with real-time operations of the surgical device;

send a real-time data stream comprising the anonymized, stripped real-time usage data to the surgical hub; and

control the surgical device via:

receiving control adjustments from the surgical hub based on the anonymized, stripped real-time usage data; and

adjusting the surgical device based on the received control adjustments.

16 . The surgical device of claim 15 , wherein the real-time usage data comprises any one or more of how often the surgical device has been utilized, what procedures the surgical device has been utilized in connection with, who utilized the surgical device, an internal state of the surgical device, and a tissue being operated on.

17 . The surgical device of claim 15 , wherein the control circuit is further configured to continuously send real-time usage data before, during, and after the surgical procedure.

18 . The surgical device of claim 15 , wherein the control adjustments are based on real-time usage data from multiple surgical instruments.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 27, 2021
From: ETHICON LLC
To: CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL
Reel/Frame 056601/0339 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 21, 2021
From: YATES, DAVID C.; SHELTON, FREDERICK E., IV
To: ETHICON LLC
Reel/Frame 055985/0513 →
Continuity (6)
Continuation 15940663 · Mar 29, 2018
Provisional Application 62649300 · Mar 28, 2018
Provisional Application 62611339 · Dec 28, 2017
Provisional Application 62611340 · Dec 28, 2017
Provisional Application 62611341 · Dec 28, 2017
Related Publication 20210212717A1 · Jul 15, 2021
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