Systems, apparatus and methods for continuously tracking medical items throughout a procedure
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H04N-007/18
A61B-034/00
A61B-090/00
A61B-090/96
A61B-090/98
H04N-005/232
G06K-007/14
G06K-007/10
G08B-021/24
출원번호
US-0804345
(2017-11-06)
등록번호
US-10154885
(2018-12-18)
발명자
/ 주소
Barnett, Samuel Benjamin
Noskowicz, David
출원인 / 주소
Medline Industries, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP
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초록▼
Systems, methods and apparatus are disclosed for improving medical procedures and medical procedure management, and, more particularly, for tracking medical instruments throughout a procedure and assisting medical personnel throughout the procedure or at least at the conclusion of the procedure. In
Systems, methods and apparatus are disclosed for improving medical procedures and medical procedure management, and, more particularly, for tracking medical instruments throughout a procedure and assisting medical personnel throughout the procedure or at least at the conclusion of the procedure. In one form, an apparatus for tracking medical instruments throughout a procedure is disclosed having a single camera for tracking movement and/or detecting position of a plurality of medical instruments during a medical procedure as at least one of the plurality of medical instruments is moved between multiple zones at least including a first prep zone and a second procedure zone. The apparatus having a controller connected to and collecting images from the camera, and a display in electrical communication with the controller and/or the camera for displaying medical instrument data pertaining to the movement and/or position of the plurality of medical instruments.
대표청구항▼
1. An apparatus for tracking medical instruments throughout a procedure comprising: a single camera for tracking movement and detecting position of a plurality of medical instruments during a medical procedure as at least one of the plurality of medical instruments is moved between multiple zones at
1. An apparatus for tracking medical instruments throughout a procedure comprising: a single camera for tracking movement and detecting position of a plurality of medical instruments during a medical procedure as at least one of the plurality of medical instruments is moved between multiple zones at least including a first physical zone for medical procedure preparation and a second physical zone for medical procedure performance;a controller connected to and collecting images from the camera; anda display in electronic communication with the controller or the camera for displaying medical instrument data pertaining to the movement and position of the plurality of medical instruments;wherein the controller uses the camera to track medical instrument data including one or more of location, velocity or speed of travel, vector or direction of travel, and telemetry; andwherein the controller uses the medical instrument data to provide an improved predictive analysis of where a missing medical instrument is likely to be should one of the plurality of medical instruments go missing. 2. The apparatus of claim 1 further including an alarm for indicating at least one of the following alarm conditions: a medical instrument missing from all of the physical zones;a medical instrument detected in an undesired zone;a medical instrument detected in a zone for too long of a time period;a medical instrument moved out of a predetermined order established for the medical procedure involved; and/ora medical instrument moved out of a predetermined order established for the medical personnel involved. 3. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein the controller and/or display includes a user interface for suspending or delaying the alarm. 4. The apparatus of claim 3 wherein actuation of the user interface not only suspends or delays the alarm, but causes the display to display additional information relating to the alarm condition including at least one of a medical instrument position, location, velocity or speed of travel, vector or direction of travel, telemetry and/or instrument marker data. 5. The apparatus of claim 3 wherein the instrument markers include a machine readable marking comprising at least one of: a bar code;a RFID sensor;a UPC, EAN or GTIN;an alpha, numeric or alpha-numeric sequential marking; and/oran easy coding scheme that is readily identifiable by a human for redundant checking purposes. 6. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the plurality of medical instruments each have an instrument marker and the controller is capable of tracking movement and detecting position of the plurality of medical instruments from their respective instrument markers. 7. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein the instrument marker and controller interact as an orientation agnostic system that is capable of tracking movement and detecting position of the plurality of medical instruments via the instrument marker regardless of what orientation or position each medical instrument or instrument marker is in at any given time. 8. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein the instrument marker is hydrophobic to improve machine readability of the instrument marker. 9. The apparatus of claim 1 further including machine detectable zone markers for delineating the physical zones. 10. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein the machine detectable zone markers have first and second sides, with machine readable information on the first side and a fastener on the second side for fastening the machine detectable zone markers to a surface, the fastener including at least one of: an adhesive;a hook or loop fastener portion;a clasp or clamp;a zipper; and/ora thread. 11. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein the machine detectable zone markers include a machine readable marking comprising at least one of: a bar code;a RFID sensor;a UPC, EAN or GTIN; and/oran alpha, numeric or alpha-numeric sequential marking. 12. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein the zone markers are formed on medical drapes or coverings for at least one of a surgical instrument table, patient, operating table or patient support, surgical equipment, and/or waste container. 13. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the camera both continually tracks movement and detects position of the plurality of medical instruments and the display displays specific data pertaining to both the spatial movement and position of the plurality of medical instruments. 14. The apparatus of claim 13 wherein the specific data pertaining to spatial movement includes tracking at least two of a x coordinate, a y coordinate and/or a z coordinate of the at least one of the plurality of medical instruments and the specific data pertaining to location includes an identification of what zone the at least one of the plurality of medical instruments is currently located. 15. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the physical zones further include a third physical zone for medical procedure discards. 16. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the apparatus includes a user interface for locating a missing medical instrument from the plurality of medical instruments. 17. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein the user interface is at least one graphical user interface located on the display that, when actuated, the controller displays on the display an image or video of the missing medical instrument prior to the missing medical instrument going missing to assist with locating the missing medical instrument. 18. The apparatus of claim 17 wherein the controller is configured such that a single actuation of the at least one graphical user interface allows video of the missing medical instrument to be pulled-up on the display and queued up to a period of time at or near when the missing medical instrument went missing which a user can review and replay as desired. 19. An apparatus for tracking medical instruments, comprising: a medical tracking device having a camera, a display and a control circuit with a non-transitory computer readable memory storing a set of instructions executable by the control circuit and configured to cause the control circuit to perform the steps of: continuously tracking at least one of a plurality of medical instruments via the camera;automatically updating the display with current information regarding the position and location of the at least one of a plurality of medical instruments; and providing an improved predictive analysis of where a missing medical instrument is likely to be should one of the plurality of medical instruments go missing. 20. An item tracking system comprising: a plurality of items;a camera for tracking the plurality of items;a plurality of item markers each positioned on one of the plurality of items to allow the plurality of items to be tracked, the plurality of item markers and camera operating as an orientation agnostic system that allows the plurality of items to be tracked regardless of what position or orientation the plurality of items are in at any given time during a time period that the plurality of items are being tracked by the item tracking system;a controller that uses the camera to track item data including one or more of location, velocity or speed of travel, vector or direction of travel, and/or telemetry; andwherein the controller uses the item data to provide an improved predictive analysis of where a missing item is likely to be should one of the plurality of items go missing. 21. An apparatus for tracking medical instruments throughout a procedure comprising: a camera for tracking movement and detecting position of a plurality of medical instruments during a medical procedure as at least one of the plurality of medical instruments is moved between multiple zones at least including a first physical zone for medical procedure preparation and a second physical zone for medical procedure performance;a controller connected to and collecting images from the camera;a display in electronic communication with the controller or the camera for displaying medical instrument data pertaining to the movement and position of the plurality of medical instruments including an image or video of any missing medical instrument prior to the missing medical instrument going missing to assist with locating the missing medical instrument; wherein the controller uses the tracked movement and detected position to provide an improved predictive analysis of where a missing medical instrument is likely to be should one of the plurality of medical instruments go missing. 22. The apparatus of claim 21 further comprising at least one graphical user interface located on the display that, when actuated, the controller displays on the display the image or video of the missing medical instrument prior to the missing medical instrument going missing to assist with locating the missing medical instrument. 23. The apparatus of claim 22 wherein the controller is configured such that a single actuation of the at least one graphical user interface allows video of the missing medical instrument to be pulled-up on the display and queued up to a period of time at or near when the missing medical instrument went missing which a user can review and replay as desired. 24. The apparatus of claim 21 wherein the plurality of medical instruments each have an instrument marker and the controller is capable of tracking movement and detecting position of the plurality of medical instruments from their respective instrument markers. 25. The apparatus of claim 24 wherein the instrument markers include a machine readable marking comprising at least one of: a bar code;a RFID sensor;a UPC, EAN or GTIN;an alpha, numeric or alpha-numeric sequential marking; and/oran easy coding scheme that is readily identifiable by a human for redundant checking purposes.
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