Methods, Systems, and Products for Tracking Surgical Items
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1. A method, comprising:
- querying a database for a surgical procedure associated with a patient;
determining allowable zone on the patient'"'"'s body associated with the surgical procedure in which surgical items may be used;
interrogating an RFID tag to determine a location of a surgical item;
detecting movement of the surgical item outside the allowable zone; and
triggering an alarm to indicate the surgical item is moving outside the allowable zone towards an area of the patient'"'"'s body in which the surgical item may not be used.
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Abstract
Systems and methods provides the ability to accurately track all equipment used in a surgical suite through the use of RFID tags.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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querying a database for a surgical procedure associated with a patient; determining allowable zone on the patient'"'"'s body associated with the surgical procedure in which surgical items may be used; interrogating an RFID tag to determine a location of a surgical item; detecting movement of the surgical item outside the allowable zone; and triggering an alarm to indicate the surgical item is moving outside the allowable zone towards an area of the patient'"'"'s body in which the surgical item may not be used. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system, comprising:
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a processor communicating with a database, the processor querying the database for a surgical procedure associated with a patient and determining allowable zone on the patient'"'"'s body associated with the surgical procedure in which surgical items may be used; the processor interrogating an RFID tag to determine a location of a surgical item and detecting movement of the surgical item outside the allowable zone; and the processor triggering an alarm to indicate the surgical item is moving outside the allowable zone towards an area of the patient'"'"'s body in which the surgical item may not be used. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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