Patient identification system and method for preventing wrong site procedure
First Claim
1. A system for use with a patient scheduled to have a particular procedure at a particular site on the patient'"'"'s body, said procedure to be performed in a procedure room, said system for monitoring the patient'"'"'s status to determine whether the particular site has been marked before the procedure is performed, said system comprising:
- a device having a first mode indicating that the particular site of the patient has not been marked and adapted to be applied to the patient'"'"'s body prior to the procedure;
a modifying device for modifying the first mode to a second mode of the device wherein the second mode indicates that the particular site of the patient has been marked, the second mode being different from the first mode, said modifying device adapted for use after the particular site has been marked on the patient'"'"'s body;
a detector located at the procedure room to detect that the device having the first mode is located within an area near or in the procedure room; and
an alarm responsive to the detector for providing an indication that a device having the first mode and not having the second mode has been detected within the area near or in the procedure room.
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Abstract
A patient equipped with a device in a first mode is scheduled for a procedure in a procedure room at a facility with pre-procedure rules (e.g., requiring procedure site marking). Only a surgeon or other authorized individual is permitted to change the first mode to a second mode after complying with the rules (e.g., marking a site on the patient'"'"'s body). A detector is located at or near the entrance of the procedure room for detecting devices having the first mode. If the first mode is detected, an alarm is provided indicating that the rule may not have been followed.
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43 Claims
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1. A system for use with a patient scheduled to have a particular procedure at a particular site on the patient'"'"'s body, said procedure to be performed in a procedure room, said system for monitoring the patient'"'"'s status to determine whether the particular site has been marked before the procedure is performed, said system comprising:
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a device having a first mode indicating that the particular site of the patient has not been marked and adapted to be applied to the patient'"'"'s body prior to the procedure; a modifying device for modifying the first mode to a second mode of the device wherein the second mode indicates that the particular site of the patient has been marked, the second mode being different from the first mode, said modifying device adapted for use after the particular site has been marked on the patient'"'"'s body; a detector located at the procedure room to detect that the device having the first mode is located within an area near or in the procedure room; and an alarm responsive to the detector for providing an indication that a device having the first mode and not having the second mode has been detected within the area near or in the procedure room. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for use with a plurality of patients, each particular patient scheduled to have a particular procedure at a particular site on the body of the particular patient, said procedures to be performed in a plurality of procedure rooms, said system for assisting in preventing the particular procedure of each patient being performed at a site on each patient'"'"'s body other than the particular site, said system comprising:
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a plurality of devices, each device having a first mode and a second mode, each said device in the first mode adapted to be applied to the body of one of the patients prior to the particular procedure for each patient; a modifying device for changing each of the devices from the first mode to the second mode, said modifying device adapted for use after the particular site has been marked on each patient'"'"'s body; a plurality of detectors, each detector located near or in one of the plurality of procedure rooms to detect the first mode of each of the plurality of devices; and a plurality of alarms, each alarm associated with one of the plurality of detectors for providing an indication when its associated detector detects one of the devices having the first mode. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A system for use with a patient scheduled to have a procedure at a facility with pre-procedure rules, said system for monitoring the patient'"'"'s status to determine whether the patient has been handled in compliance with the pre-procedure rules prior to performing the procedure on the patient, said system comprising:
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a device having a mode and adapted to be applied to the patient'"'"'s body prior to the procedure; a modifying device for modifying the mode to another mode of the device, said modifying device adapted for use after a compliance with the pre-procedure rules; a detector to detect the mode of the device; and an alarm responsive to the detector for providing an indication that a device has a mode which indicates that the pre-procedure rules have not been complied with. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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