Systems and methods for managing and distributing user profiles for surgical systems

Abstract

A medical system is presented, where the system includes a medical profile directory configured to maintain a set of medical system profiles, a medial profile manager configured to update and maintain medical system profiles within the medical profile directory, and a server configured to interface with the medical profile manager to facilitate medical system profile maintenance. The server is configured to transmit information from at least one medical system profile to a surgical system, thereby enabling the surgical system to employ a current operational parameter within the medical system profile desired by a user.

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         33 . A system comprising:
 at least one computing device comprising a plurality of surgeon desired medical device operational settings configurable by a surgeon; and   a central server system comprising:
 a medical profile directory configured to receive and maintain one or more surgeon profiles that each define the plurality of surgeon desired medical device operational settings for a particular surgeon to be downloaded to the at least one computing device; 
 a medical profile manager configured to update one or more surgeon profiles within the medical profile directory; and 
 a server configured to interface with the medical profile manager to facilitate surgeon profile maintenance; 
   wherein the server is configured to direct profile maintenance actions to at least one surgeon profile.   
     
     
         34 . The system of  claim 33 , wherein the central server system is configured to provide at least one surgeon profile to at least one surgical system. 
     
     
         35 . The system of  claim 33 , wherein the central server system acts to propagate medical system profiles to at least one surgical system. 
     
     
         36 . The system of  claim 33 , further comprising a credential authentication system associated with one surgical system wherein a user is authenticated and upon authentication profile information is provided from the central server to the one surgical system. 
     
     
         37 . The system of  claim 33 , wherein the central server system is configured to:
 establish a surgeon profile in the medical profile directory;   alter a surgeon profile in the medical profile directory; and   propagate surgeon profiles to at least one surgical system.   
     
     
         38 . The system of  claim 33 , wherein the central server system further comprises a broadcast server configured to broadcast profile information to the at least one surgical system. 
     
     
         39 . The system of  claim 33 , wherein the central server system further comprises communications modules enabling a user to obtain at least one authorized profile from the medical profile directory and provide the authorized profile to a further user. 
     
     
         40 . The system of  claim 34 , wherein communication between the central server system and the at least one surgical system is wireless. 
     
     
         41 . The system of  claim 33 , wherein one computing device comprises a personal computer operable by medical personnel. 
     
     
         42 . The system of  claim 34 , wherein each medical system profile comprises user desired operational parameters used in operating at least one surgical system. 
     
     
         43 . A medical system comprising:
 a computing device comprising a plurality of surgeon profiles, each surgeon profile comprising desired medical device operational settings configurable by a surgeon; and   a remote server arrangement comprising:
 a medical profile directory configured to receive and maintain the plurality of surgeon profiles; 
 a medical profile manager configured to update the plurality of surgeon profiles; and 
 a server configured to interface with the medical profile manager to facilitate surgeon profile maintenance; 
   wherein the server is configured to transmit the at least one surgeon profile to a surgical system, thereby enabling the surgical system to employ desired medical device operational settings in operating the surgical system.   
     
     
         44 . The medical system of  claim 43 , wherein the server is further configured to interface with at least one client device to enable the medical profile manager to direct profile maintenance actions to at least one surgeon profile in the medical profile directory. 
     
     
         45 . The medical system of  claim 43 , wherein one surgeon profile comprises at least one medical system operational parameter associated with the user usable to operate the surgical system in a desired manner. 
     
     
         46 . The medical system of  claim 43 , wherein the medical profile directory, medical profile manager, and server collectively act to propagate multiple medical system profiles to an array of surgical systems. 
     
     
         47 . The medical system of  claim 43 , further comprising a credential authentication system associated with the surgical system, wherein a user is authenticated and upon authentication at least one surgeon profile is provided from the medical profile directory to the surgical system. 
     
     
         48 . The medical system of  claim 43 , wherein the medical system is configured to:
 establish a surgeon profile in the medical profile directory;   alter a surgeon profile in the medical profile directory; and   propagate at least one surgeon profile to the surgical system.   
     
     
         49 . The medical system of  claim 43 , further comprising a broadcast server configured to operate with the medical profile directory, medical profile manager, and server to broadcast profile information to the surgical system. 
     
     
         50 . The medical system of  claim 43 , further comprising communications modules enabling a user to obtain one surgeon profile from the medical profile directory using a client device and provide the one surgeon profile to a further user. 
     
     
         51 . The medical system of  claim 43 , wherein communication between the remote server arrangement and the computing device is wireless. 
     
     
         52 . The medical system of  claim 44 , wherein the computing device comprises a personal computer operable by medical personnel.