Patent ID: 6602185
Filing Date: 2003-08-05
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A remote surgery support system, comprising:a first control means for controlling a surgical instrument used to perform surgery in an operating room; an input means for use in inputting information, with which said surgical instrument is controlled, to said first control means; a first signal transmission apparatus for receiving information, which indicates the controlled state of said surgical instrument, from said first control means, and converting it into a transmissible signal; a communication line over which said transmissible signal produced by first signal transmission apparatus is transmitted from said operating room to a control room in a remote place; a second signal transmission apparatus for receiving transmissible signal produced by first signal transmission apparatus over said communication line, and converting it into a signal corresponding to said information; a second control means for receiving said signal from said second signal transmission apparatus; and a display device for displaying an output of said second control means; second input means for use in inputting support information to said second control means; and a second display device for inputting said support information from said second control means via said second signal transmission apparatus and said first signal transmission apparatus and displaying the information.