Sterile implant tracking device and method

• US 10,102,339 B2
• Filed: 05/26/2016
• Issued: 10/16/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Matrix It Medical Tracking Systems, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Matrix It Medical Tracking Systems, Inc.
• Inventors: Prpa, Branko
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Michael G
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tardif, David
• Application Number:
  US15/165,201
• Publication Number:
  US 20170024524A1
• Time in Patent Office: 873 Days
• Field of Search: 235470
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00902 transparent or translucent
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2090/364 Correlation of different images or relation of image positions in respect to the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 46/10 specially adapted for instruments, e.g. microscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 46/40 Drape material, e.g. laminates; Manufacture thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/90 Identification means for patients or instruments, e.g. tags
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/96 using barcodes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/98 using electromagnetic means, e.g. transponders
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10821 further details of bar or optical code scanning devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/109 adaptations to make the hand-held scanner useable as a fixed scanner
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

An assembly and method for tracking implant devices within a sterile field, the assembly comprising a reader that includes a housing structure with a base and a cover, a scanner having a scanner housing, where the scanner housing is at least partially positioned in a cavity provided in the base; and an aperture provided in the cover, where the cover is configured to receive a transparent sterile sheath to at least partially encase the cover.

Claims

1. A tracking assembly comprising:

a reader comprising;

a housing structure enclosing a scanner, wherein the housing structure includes a cover with an aperture and a base;

a sheath positioned on the cover; and

a drape secured to the sheath, where the drape and sheath substantially enclose the housing structure.

2. The assembly of claim 1, further including a cavity positioned inside the base, where the scanner is substantially positioned inside the cavity.

3. The assembly of claim 1, where the scanner includes a scanner housing attached to a scanner mounting structure.

4. The assembly of claim 3, where the scanner is capable of scanning 2×

2 mm etched identifiers.

5. The assembly of claim 3, where the housing has a lens secured thereto, where the lens includes a front surface, where the front surface is situated between about 3 inches to about 5 inches from the aperture of the cover.

6. The assembly of claim 1, where the aperture of the cover corresponds with a focal point of the scanner.

7. The assembly of claim 6, where an optically transparent portion of the sheath is situated in an area above the aperture of the cover.

8. The assembly of claim 1, where the sterile sheath is formed of a single piece of transparent plastic.

9. The assembly of claim 1, where the sterile sheath is disposed of after identifiers have been received for all the medical implants implanted in a single patient during an operation.

10. The assembly of claim 1, where the scanner is connected via a cord to a computer located outside the housing structure.