SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC CONTINUOUS AND RELIABLE PATIENT IDENTIFICATION FOR ASSOCIATION OF WIRELESS MEDICAL DEVICES TO PATIENTS
First Claim
1. A medical communications system comprising:
- a plurality of medical identification devices, each connected with one patient and including;
an electronic patient identification code memory, andshort-range, wireless communication device for communicating the patient identification; and
at least one medical device which is linked to a patient, each medical device including;
a means for automatically associating the medical device with the electronic patient identification code of the medical identification device connected to the same patient, anda means for automatically verifying the association of the medical device to the patient.
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Abstract
The medical communication system comprises a plurality of medical identification devices (12). Each identification device (12) is attached to one particular patient (14). A registration processor generates a unique patient identification data that is stored in an electronic patient identification code memory (54). Each identification device (12) includes an intra-body wireless communication device (16) which transmits the patient'"'"'s identification on the patient'"'"'s body. A medical device (22), which is linked to the patient (14) to measure a vital function, periodically automatically receives the patient'"'"'s identification code to continually ensure association to a correct patient.
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20 Claims
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1. A medical communications system comprising:
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a plurality of medical identification devices, each connected with one patient and including; an electronic patient identification code memory, and short-range, wireless communication device for communicating the patient identification; and at least one medical device which is linked to a patient, each medical device including; a means for automatically associating the medical device with the electronic patient identification code of the medical identification device connected to the same patient, and a means for automatically verifying the association of the medical device to the patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A communication method comprising:
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assigning a wireless patient identification device to a selected patient which identification device is encoded with an electronic patient identification code that uniquely identifies the selected patient which it is assigned to; automatically associating the wireless patient identification device to at least one medical device which is linked to the selected patient to measure at least a vital function; and automatically verifying the association of the medical device to the selected patient. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20)
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16. The method as set forth in claim is, further including:
terminating the association of the medical device to the patient when one of; the received identification code is different from the stored identification code, the identification code is not received within a pre-specified time period, and manual actuation. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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