Patent ID: 6496099
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: A61B,G05B,G10L,G16H

Abstract:
A medical system that can be used by a surgeon through a single interface to perform a medical procedure utilizing a surgical instrument and retrieve patient data located at a remote computer, comprising:a monitor; a robotic arm that can move the surgical instrument; an input device that can receive a first robot arm input command that has a unique robot qualifier, and a data retrieval input command and a unique data retrieval qualifier from the surgeon; a controller that receives the first robot arm input command and the unique robot qualifier, and the data retrieval input command and the unique data retrieval qualifier from said input device, said controller to control said robotic arm in response to the robot arm input command; and a network gateway coupled to the controller, said network gateway to retrieve the patient data from the remote computer in response to the data retrieval input command from the surgeon so that the patient data can be displayed on said monitor.