Surgical procedure identification system

• US 20030178488A1
• Filed: 03/21/2002
• Published: 09/25/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alcon Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Alcon Incorporated
• Inventors: Southard, Michael A.
• Granted Patent: US 6,641,039 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/462.13
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2050/0065 Peelable cover
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 46/00 Surgical drapes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 50/33 Trays
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/96 using barcodes
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2250/0086 with bar code
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 9/00736 Instruments for removal of intra-ocular material or intra-ocular injection, e.g. cataract instruments A61F9/008 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6072 Bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 17/00 Methods or arrangements for effecting co-operative working between equipments covered by two or more of main groups G06K1/00 - G06K15/00, e.g. automatic card files incorporating conveying and reading operations

Abstract

A surgical system console having an electronic identification system, such as a bar code scanner, magnetic reader or other optical or magnetic system that works in conjunction with a unique identifier on the surgical pak so as to identify the contents of the pak to the surgical system console control CPU and to print out the contents of the surgical pak on a list.

Claims

1. A surgical procedure identification system, comprising:

a) a surgical console having a reader;

b) a surgical pak containing a plurality of components;

c) an identification device associated with the surgical pak, the identification device capable of being recognized by the reader and providing information about the components contained in the pak to the surgical console; and

d) a printer connected to the surgical console for printing out a list of the components contained in the pak.

2. The surgical procedure identification system of claim 1 wherein the list is a plurality of labels.

3. The surgical procedure identification system of claim 1 wherein the identification device is a bar code and the reader is a bar code scanner.

4. The surgical procedure identification system of claim 1 wherein the connection between the control console and the printer is a wireless connection.

5. A surgical procedure identification system, comprising:

a) a surgical console having a reader;

b) a surgical pak containing a plurality of components;

c) an identification device associated with the surgical pak, the identification device capable of being recognized by the reader and providing information about the components contained in the pak to the surgical console; and

d) an inventory management system connected to the surgical console for tracking usage of the pak and/or the components.

6. The surgical procedure identification system of claim 5 wherein the identification device is a bar code and the reader is a bar code scanner.

7. The surgical procedure identification system of claim 5 wherein the connection between the control console and the printer is a wireless connection.