Control Apparatus and Medical Centralized Control System - US12603164B2
Summary
USPTO granted patent US12603164B2 to Olympus Corporation on April 14, 2026, covering a control apparatus and medical centralized control system with 15 claims. The patent relates to data log management for controlled medical devices with assigned personnel information for surgical procedures. CPC classifications indicate health informatics applications in medical device control systems.
What changed
USPTO issued patent grant US12603164B2 to Olympus Corporation for a control apparatus and medical centralized control system. The patent covers methods for receiving and managing data logs from multiple controlled medical devices, adding surgeon responsibility information to those logs, and extracting data logs per assigned surgeon. The patent includes 15 claims across health informatics classifications G16H.
Competitors developing similar medical device control or centralized operating systems should consider potential IP implications and may need to evaluate licensing needs or design-around options to avoid infringement on the granted claims.
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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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