PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a surgery progress announcement device for smoothly achieving a relevant task after surgery as a result by accurately recognizing the progress of surgery in a real time outside an operating room without asking for any help.SOLUTION: This surgery progress announcement device is provided with: a processing part 50 for detecting the progress of surgery in an operating room OP according to the time change of power consumption in the operating room OP and a display 61 for announcing the detected progress to the outside of the operating room OP in which the surgery is operated.COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT【課題】手術の進捗を手術室外において人手を要することなく正確且つリアルタイムに認識し得ることで、結果的に当該手術後の関連業務等を円滑に行うことが可能となる進捗告知装置を提供する。【解決手段】手術室OPにおける手術の進捗を当該手術室OPにおける消費電力量の時間変化により検出する処理部50と、検出された進捗を手術が行われている手術室OP外に告知するディスプレイ61等と、を備える。【選択図】図1