SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE MODIFICATION OF SURGICAL PROCEDURES USING A GRAPHICAL DRAG AND DROP INTERFACE

摘要

Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for allowin g a user to modify a surgical procedure. An embodiment of the method of the present invention can include: providing a GUI on a touch screen of a surgical console, said GUI comprising a representation of the surgical procedure and representations of one or more surgical steps, wherein the GUI allows a user to modify the representation o f the surgical procedure by dragging and dropping representations of surgical steps using t he touch screen; detecting that the representation of the surgical procedure has been modified; and modifying the surgical procedure to correspond to the modified representatio n of the surgical procedure.