Medical accident avoidance method and system
First Claim
1. A system for identifying medical events which have not been prescribed prior to performing the events on a patient, the system comprising:
- an identification device associated with a first patient, the identification device including a power source, a comparison device processor, a memory and a transponder linked to the source for power and linked to the memory to read data stored in the memory the transponder including a receiver, the memory including a patient specific valid events section which includes a list of valid events which have been prescribed for the first patient; and
at least one specifying device including a power source and a transponder linked to the source for power, the specifying device transponder including a transmitter, the specifying device specifying a procedure to be performed on a patient, the procedure being a specified event;
wherein, one of the identification device and the specifying device includes an indicator; and
wherein, to initiate an identification process, the transmitter transmits an initial signal which is received by the receiver and, after the initial signal is received and during the identification process, the processor compares the specified event to the list of valid events and wherein, when the specified event is not a valid event, the processor causes the indicator to indicate that the specified event is an invalid event.
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Abstract
A method and system for identifying medical events which have not been prescribed for performance on a patient prior to performing the events which includes specifying a specified event to be performed on the patient, comparing the specified event to a valid event set indicating events which have been prescribed for the patient and, where the specified event is not a valid event, indicating that the specified event is not a valid event. In addition, where an event is not a valid event, the system may disable a medical apparatus from performing the event so as to ensure that invalid events are not performed and, where a valid event is performed, the system may update the valid event set to reflect performance. Also, the system can be used to perform a check of diagnosis and prescription.
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40 Claims
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1. A system for identifying medical events which have not been prescribed prior to performing the events on a patient, the system comprising:
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an identification device associated with a first patient, the identification device including a power source, a comparison device processor, a memory and a transponder linked to the source for power and linked to the memory to read data stored in the memory the transponder including a receiver, the memory including a patient specific valid events section which includes a list of valid events which have been prescribed for the first patient; and at least one specifying device including a power source and a transponder linked to the source for power, the specifying device transponder including a transmitter, the specifying device specifying a procedure to be performed on a patient, the procedure being a specified event; wherein, one of the identification device and the specifying device includes an indicator; and wherein, to initiate an identification process, the transmitter transmits an initial signal which is received by the receiver and, after the initial signal is received and during the identification process, the processor compares the specified event to the list of valid events and wherein, when the specified event is not a valid event, the processor causes the indicator to indicate that the specified event is an invalid event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for use with a medical apparatus for performing a specified event, for identifying medical procedures which can be performed on a patient and for preventing invalid events, the method to be used with a system including an identification device associated with a first patient, a specifying device and a medical apparatus, each of the identification and specifying devices being system devices, one of the system devices being a comparison device, the comparison device having a patient specific valid events section which includes a list of all valid events which may be performed on the first patient, the specifying device processor linked to the medical apparatus for disabling the apparatus when the specified event is invalid, the method including the steps of:
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specifying a specified event which is a procedure to be performed on a patient; comparing the specified event to the valid events for the first patient to determine if the specified event is a valid event; and if the specified event is not a valid event, disabling the medical apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 39)
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26. A system for identifying medical events which have not been prescribed prior to performing the events on a patient and for preventing invalid events form occurring, the system to be used with a medical apparatus for performing specified events, the system comprising:
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an identification device associated with a first patient, the identification device including a power source, a memory and a transponder linked to the source for power and linked to the memory to read data stored in the memory; and at least one specifying device including a power source, a specifying device processor and a transponder linked to the source for power, the specifying device specifying a procedure to be performed on a patient, the procedure being a specified event, each of the identification and specifying devices being system devices, the specifying device processor linked to the medical apparatus for disabling the apparatus when the specified event is invalid; wherein, a first system device transponder includes a transmitter and a second system device transponder includes a receiver; wherein, one of the system devices is a comparison device including a memory and a comparison processor linked to the comparison device memory, the comparison device memory including a patient specific valid events section which includes a list of all valid events which have been prescribed for the first patient and may be performed on the first patient; and wherein, to initiate an identification process, the transmitter transmits an initial signal which is received by the receiver and, after the initial signal is received and during the identification process, the comparison processor compares the specified event to the list of valid events which may be performed on the first patient and wherein, when the specified event is not a valid event, the specifying device processor disables the medical apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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30. A system for use with a medical apparatus for performing a specified event, for identifying medical events which have not been prescribed prior to performing the events on a patient and for identifying an updated set of valid events after a specified event has been performed, the system comprising:
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an identification device associated with a first patient, the identification device including a power source, a memory and a transponder linked to the source for power and linked to the memory to read data stored in the memory; and at least one specifying device including a power source and a transponder linked to the source for power, the specifying device specifying a procedure to be performed on a patient, the procedure being a specified event, each of the identification and specifying devices being system devices; wherein, a first system device transponder includes a transmitter and a second system device transponder includes a receiver; wherein one of the system devices includes an indicator; wherein, one of the system devices is a comparison device including a memory and a processor linked to the comparison device memory, the comparison device memory including a patient specific valid events section which includes a list of all valid events which have been prescribed for the first patient; wherein, to initiate an identification process, the transmitter transmits an initial signal which is received by the receiver and, after the initial signal is received and during the identification process, the processor compares the specified event to the list of valid events which may be performed on the first patient and wherein, when the specified event is not a valid event, the processor causes the indicator to indicate that the specified event is an invalid event; and wherein one of the system devices is an updating device which communicates with the medical apparatus, the updating device determining that the event has been performed and identifying the updated valid event set as a function of performance of the specified event. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A system for identifying medical events which have not been prescribed prior to performing the events on a patient, the system comprising:
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an identification device associated with a first patient, the identification device including a power source, a memory and a transponder linked to the source for power and linked to the memory to read data stored in the memory; and at least one specifying device including a power source and a transponder linked to the source for power, the specifying device specifying a procedure to be performed on a patient, the procedure being a specified event, each of the identification and specifying devices being system devices; wherein, a first system device transponder includes a transmitter and a second system device transponder includes a receiver; wherein, one of the system devices includes an indicator which can indicate invalid events and valid events; wherein, one of the system devices is a comparison device including a memory, a processor linked to the comparison device memory and a clock linked to the comparison device processor, the comparison device memory including a patient specific valid events section which includes a list of all valid events which have been prescribed for the first patient and may be performed on the first patient, a first subset of valid events being prescribed events to be performed within a present time period, a second subset of valid events being prescribed events to be performed within a time period other than the present period; and wherein, to initiate an identification process, the transmitter transmits an initial signal which is received by the receiver and, after the initial signal is received and during the identification process, the comparison device processor compares the specified event to the list of valid events which may be performed on the first patient and wherein, when the specified event is not a valid event, the processor causes the indicator to indicate that the specified event is an invalid event and, when a specified event is a valid event, determining if the specified event is a first subset or a second subset event and causing the indicator to if the specified event is a first subset or a second subset event. - View Dependent Claims (38)
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40. A system for controlling enablement of a medical apparatus, the apparatus for performing a procedure, the system comprising:
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an identification device associated with a first patient, the identification device including a power source, a memory and a transponder linked to the source for power and linked to the memory to read data stored in the memory, the memory including a patient specific first ID number; and at least one specifying device including a power source, a memory and a transponder linked to the source for power and to the memory, the specifying device also linked to the medical apparatus for controlling enablement thereof, the specifying device memory including a second patient ID number that indicates a patient for which the medical procedure is to be performed, each of the identification and specifying devices being system devices; wherein a first system device transponder includes a transmitter and a second system device transponder includes a receive; wherein, one of the system devices is a comparison device including a memory and a processor linked to the comparison device memory; and wherein, to control enablement of the medical apparatus, the transmitter transmits one of the patient ID numbers which is received by the receiver and, after the transmitted patient ID number is received and during an identification process, the processor compares the first and second patient ID numbers and wherein, when the first and second patient ID numbers are different, the specifying device disables the medical apparatus.
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