Patent ID: 8958863
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: A61B,G16H

Abstract:
1. A distributed medical sensing system comprising: a first hub configured to be concurrently communicatively coupled to a first plurality of medical instruments associated with a first sterile field, the first plurality of medical instruments including a first body sensing device and a second body sensing device, the first and second body sensing devices being associated with different medical modalities, the first hub receiving first medical characteristic data from the first body sensing device and receiving second medical characteristic data from the second body sensing device; a first bedside controller communicatively coupled to the first hub and configured to provide user control of the first and second body sensing devices, the first bedside controller being associated with the first sterile field, wherein the first bedside controller includes a touch screen display configured to provide a first graphical user interface (GUI) corresponding to at least one of the first and second body sensing devices such that a first aspect of a medical workflow associated with the first sterile field is controllable with a user input via the first GUI, and wherein the first GUI is automatically provided in response to at least one of the first and second body sensing devices being communicatively coupled to the first hub; a first control room controller communicatively coupled to the first hub and disposed outside of the first sterile field, wherein the first control room controller is configured to provide a second GUI such that a second aspect of the medical workflow associated with the first sterile field is controllable with a user input via the second GUI, wherein the first bedside controller and the first control room controller are configured to simultaneously control the first and second aspects of the medical workflow in the first sterile field in response to respective first and second user inputs associated with the first and second aspects of the medical workflow, wherein the first and second aspects of the medical workflow are different and selected from the group consisting of: data acquisition, border tracing, co-registration, and selecting diagnostic data for display; a second hub configured to be concurrently communicatively coupled to a second plurality of medical instruments associated with a second sterile field spaced from the first sterile field, the second plurality of medical instruments including a third body sensing device and a fourth body sensing device, the third and fourth body sensing devices being associated with different medical modalities, the second hub receiving third medical characteristic data from the third body sensing device and receiving fourth medical characteristic data from the fourth body sensing device; a second bedside controller communicatively coupled to the second hub and configured to provide user control of the third and fourth body sensing devices, the second bedside controller being associated with the second sterile field, wherein the second bedside controller includes a touch screen display configured to provide a third graphical user interface (GUI) corresponding to at least one of the third and fourth body sensing devices such that a third aspect of a medical workflow associated with the second sterile field is controllable with a user input via the third GUI, and wherein the third GUI is automatically provided in response to at least one of the third and fourth body sensing devices being communicatively coupled to the second hub; a second control room controller communicatively coupled to the second hub and disposed outside of the second sterile field, wherein the second control room controller is configured to provide a fourth GUI such that a fourth aspect of a medical workflow associated with the second sterile field is controllable with a user input via the fourth GUI, wherein the second bedside controller and the second control room controller are configured to simultaneously control the third and fourth aspects of the medical workflow in the second sterile field in response to respective third and fourth user inputs associated with the third and fourth aspects of the medical workflow, wherein the third and fourth aspects of the medical workflow are different and selected from the group consisting of: data acquisition, border tracing, co-registration, and selecting diagnostic data for display; a computing device outside of the first and second sterile fields and communicatively coupled to the first and second hubs, the computing device configured to: wherein the first bedside controller is further configured to process at least one of the first and second diagnostic data to generate first modified diagnostic data in response to the first user input associated with the first aspect of the medical workflow in the first sterile field and to display the first modified diagnostic data via the first GUI; wherein the first control room controller is further configured to process at least one of the first and second diagnostic data to generate second modified diagnostic data in response to the second user input associated with the second aspect of the medical workflow in the first sterile field and to display the second modified diagnostic data via the second GUI; wherein the second bedside controller is further configured to process at least one of the third and fourth diagnostic data to generate third modified diagnostic data in response to the third user input associated with the third aspect of the medical workflow in the second sterile field and to display the third modified diagnostic data via the third GUI; and wherein the second control room controller is further configured to process at least one of the third and fourth diagnostic data to generate fourth modified diagnostic data in response to the fourth user input associated with the fourth aspect of the medical workflow in the second sterile field and to display the fourth modified diagnostic data via the fourth GUI.