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RFID-tagged urinary catheter

  • US 20090281523A1
  • Filed: 05/07/2008
  • Published: 11/12/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In combination:

  • a plurality of urinary catheters for a number of patients for whom a catheter has been prescribed, each catheter including a flexible tube adapted to be inserted into the ureter of the patient and to remain in place until removed, and having an external portion adapted to be attached to a urine collection receptacle; and

    a catheter RFID tag having a unique scannable ID code uniquely identifying said urinary catheter;

    a plurality of patient identity wrist bracelets each incorporating a respective patient RFID tag having a unique scannable ID code uniquely identifying a respective one of said patients;

    hand-held scanner device adapted for scanning said catheter RFID tags and said patient RFID tags, said scanner device including a display, a suitably programmed internal processor, and software which begins an insertion sequence upon the scanning of one of said patient RFID tags and then scanning of one of said catheter RFID tags, produces a time stamp of a successful catheter insertion upon a second scanning of said catheter RFID tag, and which for each of said patients, stores and displays the patient identity, presence or absence of one of said catheters in said patient, and time of insertion of the catheter in the patient.

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