Display screens for medical devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016235402-A1
Application number	US-201514620888-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 12, 2015
Priority date	Feb 12, 2015
Publication date	Aug 18, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

An electromechanical handheld surgical device includes a housing, and a non-planar display screen. The housing encloses a processor, a memory storing instructions, and an orientation detector configured to detect orientation of the electromechanical handheld surgical device with respect to a reference direction. The non-planar display screen is fixedly attached around a portion of the housing and configured to display information. Then instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the non-planar display screen to display the information on a portion of the non-planar display screen. The portion of the non-planar display screen is determined by the processor based on the detected orientation.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An electromechanical handheld surgical device, comprising:
a housing enclosing and including:
a processor;
a memory storing instructions; and
an orientation detector configured to detect orientation of the electromechanical handheld surgical device with respect to a reference direction; and
a non-planar display screen fixedly attached around a portion of the housing and configured to display information; wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the non-planar display screen to display the information on a portion of the non-planar display screen, and wherein the portion of the non-planar display screen is determined by the processor based on the detected orientation.

2 . The electromechanical handheld surgical device according to claim 1 , wherein the portion of the non-planar display screen is determined with respect to the reference direction.

3 . The electromechanical handheld surgical device according to claim 1 , wherein the reference direction is in line with a direction of gravity.

4 . The electromechanical handheld surgical device according to claim 1 , wherein a starting location of the portion of the non-planar display screen is located on the non-planar display screen at a constant angle with respect to the reference direction.

5 . The electromechanical handheld surgical device according to claim 1 , wherein a middle of the portion of the non-planar display screen is located on the non-planar display screen at a constant angle with respect to the reference direction.

6 . The electromechanical handheld surgical device according to claim 1 , wherein an ending location of the portion of the non-planar display screen is located on the non-planar display screen at a constant angle with respect to the reference direction.

7 . The electromechanical handheld surgical device according to claim 1 , wherein the information is related to a surgical operation when the electromechanical handheld surgical device is used in the surgical operation.

8 . The electromechanical handheld surgical device according to claim 1 , wherein the information changes based on a status of the surgical operation.

9 . The electromechanical handheld surgical device according to claim 1 , wherein the information is related to the electromechanical handheld surgical device before the electromechanical handheld surgical device is used in a surgical operation.

10 . The electromechanical handheld surgical device according to claim 1 , wherein the information is related to a portion of tissue to which a surgical operation is performed.

11 . The electromechanical handheld surgical device according to claim 1 , wherein the non-planar display screen is touch-sensitive.

12 . The electromechanical handheld surgical device according to claim 11 , wherein the displayed information is scrolled based on a direction of a touch to the non-planar display screen.

13 . The electromechanical handheld surgical device according to claim 1 , wherein the non-planar display screen is curved.

14 . The electromechanical handheld surgical device according to claim 1 , wherein the non-planar display screen is flexible.

15 . The electromechanical handheld surgical device according to claim 1 , wherein the non-planar display screen extends greater than about 15° along a portion of the housing.

16 . A method for displaying information on a non-planar display screen fixedly attached around a portion of an electromechanical handheld surgical device, the method comprising:
obtaining an orientation with respect to a reference orientation from an orientation detector of the electromechanical handheld surgical device; determining a portion of the non-planar display screen based on the orientation and with respect to the reference orientation; retrieving status information from the electromechanical handheld surgical device; and displaying information on the portion of the non-planar display screen based on the status information of the electromechanical handheld surgical device.

17 . The method according to claim 16 , wherein displaying information includes displaying information about the electromechanical handheld surgical device when the status information indicates that the electromechanical handheld surgical device is not used in a surgical operation.

18 . The method according to claim 16 , wherein displaying information includes displaying information about a surgical operation when the status information indicates that the electromechanical handheld surgical device is being used in the surgical operation.

19 . The method according to claim 16 , wherein displaying information includes displaying information related to a portion of tissue to which a surgical operation is performed, when the status information indicates that the electromechanical handheld surgical device is used in the surgical operation.

20 . The method according to claim 16 , wherein the reference orientation is in line with a direction of gravity.

21 . The method according to claim 16 , further comprising determining whether an end effector is connected to the electromechanical handheld surgical device.

22 . An electromechanical surgical system comprising:
a support immovably fixed to a surface; an electromechanical surgical device configured to perform a surgical operation; a plurality of arms serially connected to each other, one end of the plurality of arms being connected to the electromechanical surgical device and the other end of the plurality of arms being connected to the support; and a plurality of non-planar display screens, each one of the plurality of non-planar display screens being fixedly attached around a corresponding one of the plurality of arms, wherein each of the plurality of arms includes a sensor configured to periodically capture an image of a view under each arm, and an orientation detector configured to detect an orientation of each arm with respect to a reference orientation, and wherein the non-planar display screen corresponding to each arm displays a captured image on a portion of the display screen of each arm based on the detected orientation.

Assignees

• Covidien Lp

Inventors

• Chowaniec Matthew
• Ingmanson Michael
• Chen Xingrui
• Plachtyna Steven

Classifications

• A61B2017/0046

  with a releasable handle; with handle and operating part separable · CPC title

• A61B2018/00601

  Cutting · CPC title

• A61B2017/2925

  Pistol grips · CPC title

• A61B90/361

  Image-producing devices, e.g. surgical cameras · CPC title

• A61B2034/2048

  using an accelerometer or inertia sensor · CPC title