System and method for indicating mapping of console-based surgical systems

Abstract

A console-based surgical system including an input device and a surgical console. The input device includes a light emitter. The surgical console includes a plurality of instrument ports, each of the instrument ports including a light emitter and being configured to couple to a handheld surgical instrument. The surgical console includes a controller configured to activate the light emitter of each of the input device and the light emitter of the instrument port to emit a colored light that matches one another.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A console-based surgical system comprising:
 a footswitch having a footswitch connector line and a footswitch visual indicator comprising a light emitter; and   a surgical console comprising:
 a plurality of instrument ports, each of the instrument ports having an instrument port visual indicator and being configured to couple to a handheld surgical instrument; 
 a footswitch port having a footswitch port visual indicator and being configured to couple to the footswitch via the footswitch connector line; and 
 a controller configured to:
 associate the footswitch port with an instrument port of the plurality of instrument ports such that the footswitch is operable to actuate a function of a handheld surgical instrument connected to the associated instrument port; and 
 activate the light emitter of each of the footswitch visual indicator, the footswitch port visual indicator, and the instrument port visual indicator to emit a colored light that matches one another in response to associating the footswitch port with the instrument port. 
 
   
     
     
         2 . The console-based surgical system of  claim 1 , wherein each of the instrument ports is further configured to transmit an energization signal to the handheld surgical instrument, and wherein the footswitch port is configured to receive a signal from the footswitch. 
     
     
         3 . The console-based surgical system of  claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
 receive a signal from the footswitch via the footswitch port; and   generate an energization signal for transmission to a handheld surgical instrument coupled to the instrument port in response to receiving the signal from the footswitch and in response to associating the footswitch port with the instrument port such that the footswitch is operable to actuate a function of the handheld surgical instrument connected to the instrument port.   
     
     
         4 . The console-based surgical system of  claim 1 , wherein each of the footswitch port visual indicator and the instrument port visual indicators comprises a light emitter and a ring-shaped light guide coupled to the surgical console and surrounding a corresponding one of the footswitch port and the plurality of instrument ports. 
     
     
         5 . The console-based surgical system of  claim 1 , wherein the footswitch comprises a base and a pedal movably coupled to the base, the base comprising the footswitch visual indicator. 
     
     
         6 . The console-based surgical system of  claim 5 , wherein the footswitch visual indicator is positioned to illuminate an underside of the pedal. 
     
     
         7 . The console-based surgical system of  claim 1 , wherein the footswitch visual indicator is coupled to the footswitch connector line. 
     
     
         8 . The console-based surgical system of  claim 7 , wherein:
 each of the footswitch port visual indicator and the instrument port visual indicators comprises a light emitter;   the footswitch visual indicator is further defined as a first footswitch visual indicator;   the footswitch has a second footswitch visual indicator comprising a light emitter; and   the controller is configured to activate the light emitter of the second footswitch visual indicator to emit a colored light to match the colored light emitted by the light emitter of each of the first footswitch visual indicator, the footswitch port visual indicator, and the instrument port visual indicator.   
     
     
         9 . The console-based surgical system of  claim 1 , wherein the footswitch visual indicator comprises a first footswitch light emitter and a second footswitch light emitter, and wherein the first footswitch light emitter is configured to output a colored light of a first color and the second footswitch light emitter is configured to output a colored light of a second color, with the first color being different from the second color. 
     
     
         10 . The console-based surgical system of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the footswitch port visual indicator comprises a light emitter;   the instrument port visual indicator of the instrument port is further defined as a first instrument port visual indicator comprising a light emitter;   the console-based surgical system further comprises a handheld surgical instrument having an instrument connector line;   the instrument port is connected to the handheld surgical instrument via the instrument connector line, the handheld surgical instrument having a second instrument port visual indicator comprising a light emitter; and   the controller is configured to activate the light emitter of the second instrument port visual indicator to emit a colored light to match the colored light emitted by the light emitter of each of the footswitch visual indicator, the footswitch port visual indicator, and the first instrument port visual indicator.   
     
     
         11 . The console-based surgical system of  claim 10 , wherein the second instrument port visual indicator is coupled to the instrument connector line. 
     
     
         12 . The console-based surgical system of  claim 11 , wherein the handheld surgical instrument has a third instrument port visual indicator comprising a light emitter, and wherein the controller is configured to activate the light emitter of the third instrument port visual indicator to emit a colored light to match the colored light emitted by the light emitter of each of the footswitch visual indicator, the footswitch port visual indicator, the first instrument port visual indicator, and the second instrument port visual indicator. 
     
     
         13 . The console-based surgical system of  claim 4 , wherein the footswitch is further defined as a first footswitch, the footswitch visual indicator is further defined as a first footswitch visual indicator, the footswitch connector line is further defined as a first footswitch connector line, the footswitch port is further defined as a first footswitch port, and the footswitch port visual indicator is further defined as a first footswitch port visual indicator, and further comprising:
 a second footswitch having a second footswitch connector line and a second footswitch visual indicator comprising a light emitter; and   a second footswitch port having a second footswitch port visual indicator and being configured to couple to the second footswitch via the second footswitch connector line and receive a signal from the second footswitch, wherein the second footswitch port visual indicator comprises a light emitter and a ring-shaped light guide coupled to the surgical console and surrounding the second footswitch port visual indicator.   
     
     
         14 . The console-based surgical system of  claim 13 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
 associate the second footswitch port with the instrument port;   activate the light emitter of each of the second footswitch visual indicator, the second footswitch port visual indicator, and the instrument port visual indicator of the instrument port to emit a colored light that matches one another in response to associating the second footswitch port with the instrument port;   receive a signal from the second footswitch via the second footswitch port; and   generate an energization signal for transmission to a handheld surgical instrument coupled to the instrument port in response to receiving the signal from the second footswitch and in response to associating the second footswitch port with the instrument port such that the second footswitch is operable to actuate a function of the handheld surgical instrument connected to the instrument port.   
     
     
         15 . The console-based surgical system of  claim 13 , wherein the instrument port is further defined as a first instrument port and the instrument port visual indicator of the first instrument port is further defined as a first instrument port visual indicator, and wherein the controller is further configured to:
 associate the second footswitch port with a second instrument port of the plurality of instrument ports, the second instrument port having a second instrument port visual indicator;   activate the light emitter of each of the second footswitch visual indicator, the second footswitch port visual indicator, and the second instrument port visual indicator to emit a colored light that matches one another when the controller associates the second footswitch port with the second instrument port;   receive a signal from the second footswitch via the second footswitch port; and   generate an energization signal for transmission to a handheld surgical instrument coupled to the second instrument port in response to receiving the signal from the second footswitch and in response to associating the second footswitch port with the second instrument port such that the second footswitch is operable to actuate a function of the handheld surgical instrument connected to the second instrument port.   
     
     
         16 . The console-based surgical system of  claim 13 , wherein the first footswitch port visual indicator and the instrument port visual indicators each comprise one or more light emitters, wherein the ring-shaped light guide of the first footswitch port visual indicator and the instrument port visual indicators each comprises a first light emitter portion and a second light emitter portion, and wherein a light emitter is disposed within each of the first light emitter portions and each of the second light emitter portions, the light emitters being configured to emit a colored light. 
     
     
         17 . A console-based surgical system comprising:
 a footswitch comprising a light emitter; and   a surgical console comprising:
 a plurality of instrument ports, each of the instrument ports comprising a light emitter and being configured to couple to a handheld surgical instrument; 
 a footswitch port comprising a light emitter and being configured to couple to the footswitch; and 
 a controller configured to:
 associate the footswitch port with an instrument port of the plurality of instrument ports such that the footswitch is operable to actuate a function of a handheld surgical instrument connected to the associated instrument port; and 
 activate the light emitter of each of the footswitch, the footswitch port, and the instrument port to emit a colored light that matches one another in response to associating the footswitch port with the instrument port. 
 
   
     
     
         18 . The console-based surgical system of  claim 17 , wherein the footswitch comprises a base and a pedal movably coupled to the base, the base comprising the light emitter of the footswitch. 
     
     
         19 . The console-based surgical system of  claim 18 , wherein the light emitter of the footswitch is positioned to illuminate an underside of the pedal. 
     
     
         20 . The console-based surgical system of  claim 17 , wherein the footswitch has a footswitch connector line, wherein the footswitch port is configured to couple to the footswitch via the footswitch connector line, and wherein the light emitter of the footswitch is coupled to the footswitch connector line. 
     
     
         21 . The console-based surgical system of  claim 17 , wherein the light emitter of the footswitch is further defined as a first light emitter, the first light emitter being configured to emit light of a first color, and wherein the footswitch further comprises a second light emitter configured to emit light of a second color. 
     
     
         22 . The console-based surgical system of  claim 21 , wherein the controller is further configured to activate one of the first light emitter and the second light emitter of the footswitch and each of the light emitter of the footswitch port and the light emitter instrument port to emit a colored light that matches one another in response to associating the footswitch port with the instrument port. 
     
     
         23 . A console-based surgical system comprising:
 an input device comprising a light emitter; and   a surgical console comprising:
 a plurality of instrument ports, each of the instrument ports comprising a light emitter and being configured to couple to a handheld surgical instrument; and 
 a controller configured to activate the light emitter of each of the input device and the light emitter of the instrument port to emit a colored light that matches one another. 
   
     
     
         24 . The console-based surgical system of  claim 23 , wherein the input device is configured to wirelessly connect with the surgical console.