Method and articles for assuring appropriate surgery
First Claim
1. An article securable with a patient upon whom a medical procedure is scheduled to be performed, said article including scannable or machine-readable indicia at least identifying the patient and the medical procedure.
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Abstract
A concordance system for determining that an appropriate surgical or medical procedure is about to be performed on a patient, that has previously been authorized for that patient. The system includes visual inspection and scanning of preselected indicia on labels or cards respectively accompanying the patient, the designated surgeon, and the equipment or medical instruments and materials; and the scanning would be performed immediately prior to performance of a surgical procedure. The preselected indicia on the articles to be scanned or electronically read include: patient information, surgical or medical procedure name, surgeon identification, operating room identification, medical device or material or instrument or apparatus information. The scan or reading results when displayed would verify to the chief surgeon and others that all indicia are present and are consistent with one another. With this concordance system, the wrong operation would not have been performed on a patient, or the wrong medical device implanted thereinto, or the wrong materials used.
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- 1. An article securable with a patient upon whom a medical procedure is scheduled to be performed, said article including scannable or machine-readable indicia at least identifying the patient and the medical procedure.
- 4. An article securable with a medical practitioner authorized to perform a medical procedure upon a patient, said article including scannable or machine-readable indicia at least identifying the practitioner, the patient and the medical procedure to be performed.
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7. A medical procedure concordance method for assuring performance of an authorized medical procedure upon a patient, comprising the steps of:
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preparing at least a first article securable with the patient, containing scannable or machine-readable indicia at least identifying the patient and the authorized medical procedure; and
scanning or machine-reading said indicia at the immediate location of performance of the authorized medical procedure; and
displaying results of said scanning or machine-reading to a medical practitioner authorized to perform the authorized medical procedure. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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