Table 4 Devices and their data streams acquired during the surgery.
From: Analysing multi-perspective patient-related data during laparoscopic gynaecology procedures
Device | Parameters | Data Type | Sampling rate |
|---|---|---|---|
Anaesthesia machine | Current values of device settings and ventilation settings (e.g., ventilation mode, pre-set values of inspirational tidal volume, positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP), etc.) | Numerical and String | 60Â s |
| Â | Current values of device state and current ventilation (e.g., actual tidal volume) | Numerical | 10Â s |
| Â | Active alarms | String | When available |
| Â | Real-time data streams of airway pressure, flow, volume, CO2, O2, N2O and anaesthetic agent | Wave | 20 ms |
Patient monitor | Current technical and patient alarms | String | When available |
| Â | heart rate, body temperature, blood pressures, oxygen saturation, perfusion indicator | Numerical | 1024 ms |
| Â | ECG, SPO2 | Wave | ECG: 2 ms; SPO2: 8 ms |
Laparoscopic camera | Laparoscopic video | Video | 40 ms (25 fps) |
Electrosurgical unit | Cutting and coagulation signals (active/inactive) | Wave/ binary | 40 ms |
Insufflator | Target and actual intra-abdominal pressures, target and actual gas flows, supply pressure, utilised gas volume | Wave | 40 ms |
Irrigation/suction pump | Target and actual irrigation flows, target and actual irrigation pressures, target and actual suction pressures, irrigation volume | Wave | 40 ms |
Laparoscopic light source | Status (on/off), actual light intensity | Wave | 40 ms |
Surgical motor | Actual motor speed, maximum motor speed, upper motor speed | Wave | 40 ms |
