Enhanced communication link for patient diagnosis and treatment
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Abstract
Exemplary embodiments provide a verification technique that facilitates administration of a health-related procedure to an intended recipient patient or group of patients. An interface template or signal protocol may be configured to establish suitable matching between the patient and various types of objects used to administer the health-related procedure.
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133 Claims
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1-72. -72. (canceled)
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73. A patient identification system comprising:
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a health-related procedure that is intended to be rendered to a specified group of patients having a same or similar type of health-related issue; one or more product components to be used in connection with said health-related procedure; and identification information associated with at least one of the product components, which identification information is recognizable pursuant to a signal confirmation protocol for suitable matching with complementary patient identification information associated with the specified group of patients. - View Dependent Claims (74, 75, 83, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113)
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84. A computer program product comprising instructions encoded on carrier media, wherein the instructions implement a patient identification process, wherein the process includes:
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providing a signal confirmation protocol based on identification information related to a specified group of patients having a same or similar type of health-related issue, which identification information includes a first version incorporated in an interface module associated with the a particular patient in the specified group and a second version incorporated in a communication module associated with a selected health-related procedure; and implementing the signal confirmation protocol via a communication link between the communication module and the interface module to facilitate suitable matching of the selected health-related procedure with the specified group of patients. - View Dependent Claims (85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99)
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114. A method of patient identification comprising:
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providing a signal confirmation protocol based on identification information related to a specified group of patients having a same or similar type of health-related issue; incorporating a first version of the identification information in an interface module associated with a particular recipient patient in the specified group; correlating the first version for suitable matching with a second version of the identification information incorporated in a communication module associated with at least one product component used in connection with a selected health-related procedure intended for the particular recipient patient in the specified group; implementing the signal confirmation protocol via a signal transmission between the interface module and the communication module to verify administration of the selected health-related procedure to the particular recipient patient. - View Dependent Claims (115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133)
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