Adaptive Surgical Assistance Systems for Specialized Environments
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Summary of the Inventive Concept
This inventive concept adapts surgical assistance systems for unique operational environments, ensuring secure, reliable, and effective surgical procedures in high-security, disaster relief, extreme weather, remote, and high-altitude settings.
Background and Problem Solved
The original patent disclosed systems and methods for physician-designed surgical procedures, focusing on providing surgical assistance for spinal deformity correction. However, these systems may not be suitable for specialized environments, such as high-security facilities, disaster relief areas, or extreme weather conditions, where data security, communication reliability, and environmental adaptability are crucial. This inventive concept addresses these limitations by introducing adaptive systems and methods tailored to these unique environments.
Detailed Description of the Inventive Concept
The new claims introduce specialized variations of the surgical assistance system, including secure servers and communication channels for high-security environments, portable and weather-resistant servers for extreme weather conditions, satellite communication channels for remote and high-altitude environments, and ruggedized virtual reality interfaces for simulating surgical procedures in harsh conditions. These adaptations enable surgeons to receive accurate and timely patient data, analyze and determine suitable implant configurations, and transmit the configurations for implantation, even in challenging operational environments.
Novelty and Inventive Step
The new claims introduce novel features, such as secure servers, portable servers, satellite communication channels, and ruggedized virtual reality interfaces, which provide a non-obvious solution for adapting surgical assistance systems to specialized environments. These features overcome the limitations of the original patent by ensuring data security, communication reliability, and environmental adaptability in unique operational settings.
Alternative Embodiments and Variations
Alternative embodiments may include the use of blockchain technology for secure data storage, artificial intelligence-powered analysis for implant configuration determination, or augmented reality interfaces for enhanced surgical simulation. Variations may include adaptations for other specialized environments, such as space exploration or underwater operations.
Potential Commercial Applications and Market
The adaptive surgical assistance systems have significant commercial potential in various industries, including healthcare, disaster relief, and defense. The systems can be marketed to hospitals, medical research institutions, and government agencies operating in specialized environments, providing a competitive advantage in terms of data security, communication reliability, and environmental adaptability.
CPC Classifications
| Section | Class | Group |
|---|---|---|
| A | A61 | A61B34/10 |
| A | A61 | A61B5/743 |
| A | A61 | A61B5/748 |
| A | A61 | A61B5/7435 |
| A | A61 | A61B34/20 |
| A | A61 | A61B34/25 |
| A | A61 | A61B90/37 |
| G | G06 | G06N20/00 |
| G | G06 | G06T7/73 |
| G | G06 | G06T19/006 |
| G | G16 | G16H20/40 |
| G | G16 | G16H40/63 |
| G | G16 | G16H50/00 |
| A | A61 | A61B2034/102 |
| A | A61 | A61B2034/105 |
| A | A61 | A61B2034/107 |
| A | A61 | A61B2034/108 |
| A | A61 | A61B2034/256 |
| A | A61 | A61B2090/365 |
| G | G06 | G06N5/01 |
| G | G06 | G06T2207/10072 |
| G | G06 | G06T2207/10116 |
| G | G06 | G06T2207/20084 |
| G | G06 | G06T2207/30012 |
Original Patent Information
| Patent Number | US 11,857,264 |
|---|---|
| Title | Systems and methods for physician designed surgical procedures |
| Assignee(s) | Carlsmed, Inc. |