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A surgeon's command and control (SCC) system includes an independent personal computer based electronic control unit that unifies various pieces of equipment currently found in an endoscopic surgical suite into a surgeon centered system. The system utilizes programmed software which simplifies equip

A surgeon's command and control (SCC) system includes an independent personal computer based electronic control unit that unifies various pieces of equipment currently found in an endoscopic surgical suite into a surgeon centered system. The system utilizes programmed software which simplifies equipment management tasks that currently encumber the surgeon and operating room staff. It enhances safety, and increases the utility of the individual pieces of equipment. The SCC hardware centers around a personal computer communicating with a sterile control panel located at the surgeon's operating station. A frame store card serves as an electronic pallet to compose and superimpose graphic images onto a surgical image transmitted from an endoscopic camera for display on a heads-up display (HUD) monitor at the surgical operating station.

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[ We claim:] [1.] In an endoscopic operating environment defining a surgeon's operating station at which a surgical procedure is performed with a plurality of self-contained independently and simultaneously operable pieces of surgical equipment, each including a surgical control head located at a no

[ We claim:] [1.] In an endoscopic operating environment defining a surgeon's operating station at which a surgical procedure is performed with a plurality of self-contained independently and simultaneously operable pieces of surgical equipment, each including a surgical control head located at a non-sterile area remote from the surgeon's operating station and associated devices developing an output in response to commands manually entered directly at the surgical control head for driving an associated surgical instrument located at the surgeons operating station, a surgeon's command and control system comprising:a surgeon's control panel operatively positioned at the surgeon's operating station, the surgeon's control panel including display means for displaying data relating to status of each of the plurality of self-contained pieces of surgical equipment and input means for receiving commands entered manually;a plurality of communication interface circuits, one for each of said plurality of self-contained pieces of surgical equipment, each for transmitting data representing status of the associated surgical control head and for receiving remote commands for driving the associated self-contained surgical instrument; anda central controller operatively connected to each said communication interface circuit and said surgeon's control panel, said central controller transmitting to said plurality of self-contained pieces of surgical equipment commands entered manually on the surgeon's control panel and transmitting to said surgeon's control panel status of the surgical control heads for display on said display means to provide a surgeon direct command and control of the plurality of self-contained pieces of surgical equipment located in the non-sterile area remote from the surgeon's operating station,whereby each of the plurality of self-contained pieces of surgical equipment can be simultaneously operated with the operation thereof controlled and monitored from the surgeon's operating station.