Patent ID: 6943663
Filing Date: 2005-09-13
Classification: A61B,G05B,G10L,G16H

Abstract:
1. A medical system that can be used by a surgeon through a single interface to perform a medical procedure and retrieve patient data located at a remote computer, comprising: a monitor; a surgical instrument; an input device that can receive an instrument control command, a unique instrument selection command, a data retrieval control command, and a unique data retrieval selection command; a controller that receives the instrument command, the unique instrument selection command, the data retrieval control command, and the unique data retrieval selection command from the input device, wherein the controller controls the surgical instrument in response to the instrument control command; and a network gateway coupled to the controller, the network gateway operable to retrieve patient data from a remote computer in response to the unique data retrieval selection command and the data retrieval control command so that the patient data can be displayed on the monitor.