TY - GEN
T1 - Requirements and architecture design for open real-time communication in the operating room
AU - Pfeiffer, Jonas H.
AU - Dingier, Max E.
AU - Dietz, Christian
AU - Lueth, Tim C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 IEEE.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Through advances in technology and processing power more and more functionality can be integrated into medical devices and will find its way into the operating room (OR). New complex assistance systems can support the surgeon in performing his tasks and help to obtain better results. With an increasing number of computer assisted devices, the demand for data exchange between them is growing. If these networked systems are able to directly interfere with the patient's safety, their behaviour must be safe and deterministic at all times. Hence for an integration, such systems and their corresponding control signals have to comply with certain realtime constraints. This article analyses the requirements for an open realtime network architecture in the OR. Possible applications and their real-time requirements are introduced. These lead to the description of an open real-time architecture design based on standardized real-time Ethernet hardware. Solutions to integrate legacy devices, while maintaining their existing certifications, are further examined. Finally an experimental system set-up connecting two existing devices is demonstrated.
AB - Through advances in technology and processing power more and more functionality can be integrated into medical devices and will find its way into the operating room (OR). New complex assistance systems can support the surgeon in performing his tasks and help to obtain better results. With an increasing number of computer assisted devices, the demand for data exchange between them is growing. If these networked systems are able to directly interfere with the patient's safety, their behaviour must be safe and deterministic at all times. Hence for an integration, such systems and their corresponding control signals have to comply with certain realtime constraints. This article analyses the requirements for an open realtime network architecture in the OR. Possible applications and their real-time requirements are introduced. These lead to the description of an open real-time architecture design based on standardized real-time Ethernet hardware. Solutions to integrate legacy devices, while maintaining their existing certifications, are further examined. Finally an experimental system set-up connecting two existing devices is demonstrated.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84964462328&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ROBIO.2015.7418810
DO - 10.1109/ROBIO.2015.7418810
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84964462328
T3 - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, IEEE-ROBIO 2015
SP - 458
EP - 463
BT - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, IEEE-ROBIO 2015
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, IEEE-ROBIO 2015
Y2 - 6 December 2015 through 9 December 2015
ER -