METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING THE FLOW AND USAGE OF MEDICAL DEVICES
First Claim
1. System for monitoring the flow and usage of a plurality of medical devices (4) in a hospital (2) environment, comprising:
- a plurality of individual medical device identification tags (17) connected to each one of said plurality of medical devices (4) and configured to provide a medical device identification information detectable at a distance and containing a medical device identification code which is unique for each of said medical devices (4) and,a waste bag (12) adapted to receive the medical devices (4) and medical device wrappings (5) used during an operation on a patient and,one or more operation identification tags (39) attached to said waste bag (12) and configured to provide an operation identification information detectable at a distance and containing an operation identification code which identifies said operation on said patient and,a waste exit identification reader (36) adapted to scan said waste bag (12) to detect said operation identification information provided by said operation identification tag (39) and said individual medical device identification information provided by said individual medical device identification tags (12) inside said waste bag (12) and,a control unit (29;
48) in signal communication with said waste exit identification reader (36), said control unit (29;
48) being configured to receive and associate said individual medical device identification codes and operation identification code detected from said waste bag (12) and to store said identification codes and associations in a data base (31;
28) for further elaboration.
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Abstract
A system for monitoring the flow and usage of a plurality of medical devices (4) in a hospital (2) environment comprises medical device identification tags (17) connected to the medical devices (4) and configured to emit a medical device identification signal, a waste bag (12) adapted to receive the medical devices (4) used during an operation on a patient, an operation identification tag (39) attached to the waste bag (12) and configured to emit an operation identification signal, a waste exit identification reader (36) adapted to scan the waste bag (12) to detect the operation identification signal and the medical device identification signals from the waste bag (12), a control unit (29; 48) for receiving and associating the individual medical device identification codes and operation identification code detected from the waste bag (12) and for storing these identification codes and associations in a data base (31;28) for further elaboration.
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1. System for monitoring the flow and usage of a plurality of medical devices (4) in a hospital (2) environment, comprising:
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a plurality of individual medical device identification tags (17) connected to each one of said plurality of medical devices (4) and configured to provide a medical device identification information detectable at a distance and containing a medical device identification code which is unique for each of said medical devices (4) and, a waste bag (12) adapted to receive the medical devices (4) and medical device wrappings (5) used during an operation on a patient and, one or more operation identification tags (39) attached to said waste bag (12) and configured to provide an operation identification information detectable at a distance and containing an operation identification code which identifies said operation on said patient and, a waste exit identification reader (36) adapted to scan said waste bag (12) to detect said operation identification information provided by said operation identification tag (39) and said individual medical device identification information provided by said individual medical device identification tags (12) inside said waste bag (12) and, a control unit (29;
48) in signal communication with said waste exit identification reader (36), said control unit (29;
48) being configured to receive and associate said individual medical device identification codes and operation identification code detected from said waste bag (12) and to store said identification codes and associations in a data base (31;
28) for further elaboration. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 15, 16, 17)
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8. Method for monitoring the flow and usage of a plurality of medical devices (4) in a hospital (2) environment, comprising the steps of:
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providing a plurality of individual medical device identification tags (17) connected to each one of said plurality of medical devices (4) and configured to provide a medical device identification information detectable at a distance and containing a medical device identification code which is unique for each of said medical devices (4) and, providing a waste bag (12) adapted to receive the medical devices (4) and medical device wrappings (5) used during an operation on a patient and, providing one or more operation identification tags (39) configured to provide an operation identification information detectable at a distance and containing an operation identification code which identifies said operation on said patient and attaching said operation identification tag (39) to said waste bag (12), scanning said waste bag (12) with a waste exit identification reader (36) to detect said operation identification information provided by said operation identification tag (39) and said individual medical device identification information provided by said individual medical device identification tags (12) inside said waste bag (12) and, receiving and associating said individual medical device identification codes and operation identification code detected from said waste bag (12) and storing said identification codes and associations in a data base (31;
28) for further elaboration. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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