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Control Apparatus, Method for Displaying Data Logs and Medical Centralized Control System

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USPTO granted patent US12603164B2 to Olympus Corporation on April 14, 2026. The patent covers a control apparatus that receives data logs from multiple controlled medical devices and associates each log with a predetermined person in charge of surgery. The system extracts data logs per surgeon for quality tracking and audit purposes. The patent contains 15 claims.

What changed

USPTO granted patent US12603164B2 to Olympus Corporation for a medical centralized control system. The invention comprises a processor that receives data logs from multiple controlled devices, adds surgeon responsibility information based on predetermined assignments, and extracts logs per surgeon. CPC classifications include G16H 15/00, G16H 40/63, G16H 40/20, and G16H 20/40 (Health Informatics).

Affected parties include medical device manufacturers and healthcare institutions using Olympus surgical equipment. The patent grants Olympus exclusive rights to the technology described, which may affect competitive product development in surgical data management systems. This is a routine patent grant creating no compliance obligations for other parties.

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Control apparatus, method for displaying data logs and medical centralized control system

Grant US12603164B2 Kind: B2 Apr 14, 2026

Assignee

OLYMPUS CORPORATION

Inventors

Kiyoshi Sekiguchi

Abstract

A control apparatus includes a processor, and the processor receives data logs related to operations of a plurality of controlled devices, adds, based on information on a predetermined person in charge of surgery set according to the data logs, information on the person in charge of surgery according to the plurality of controlled devices to the data logs related to the operations of the plurality of controlled devices obtained from results of communication with the plurality of controlled devices, and extracts data logs for each predetermined person in charge of surgery from the data logs and the information on the set person in charge of surgery.

CPC Classifications

G16H 15/00 G16H 40/63 G16H 40/20 G16H 20/40

Filing Date

2022-12-21

Application No.

18085920

Claims

15

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Classification

Agency
USPTO
Published
April 14th, 2026
Instrument
Rule
Legal weight
Binding
Stage
Final
Change scope
Minor
Document ID
US12603164B2

Who this affects

Applies to
Medical device makers Healthcare providers
Industry sector
3345 Medical Device Manufacturing
Activity scope
Patent grant Medical device data systems Surgical equipment control
Geographic scope
United States US

Taxonomy

Primary area
Intellectual Property
Operational domain
Legal
Topics
Healthcare Medical Devices

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