System and method for ensuring proper medical instrument use in an operating room
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1. A system for managing medical instrument use during a surgical procedure, the system comprising:
- a plurality of medical instrument trays, each of the plurality of medical trays including a plurality of medical instrument storage receptacles,a plurality of medical instruments, each medical instrument being positioned in one of the plurality of medical instrument storage receptacles,an actuator having a light source coupled thereto,a controller to ensure each medical instrument of the plurality of medical instruments is used in an order of use defined by a predefined surgical procedure, the controller ensuring the order of use by sequentially choosing each medical instrument of the plurality of medical instruments in the order defined by the predefined surgical procedure and sequentially generating actuator commands to direct light produced by the light source toward the chosen medical instrument positioned in one of the plurality of medical instrument storage receptacles to guide a user to the chosen medical instrument positioned in the medical instrument storage receptacle of the medical instrument tray, anda plurality of feedback devices, each feedback device of the plurality of feedback devices being associated with a medical instrument of the plurality of medical instruments and actuatable to notify the controller when the user has selected the medical instrument associated with the feedback device for use.
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Abstract
A system for managing medical instrument use during a surgical procedure may comprise a number of medical instruments, a display device configured to display any of the number of medical instruments, a microphone for transmitting voice commands identifying different ones of the number of medical instruments, and a controller. The controller is responsive to the voice commands to control the display device to display corresponding ones of the number of medical instruments.
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1. A system for managing medical instrument use during a surgical procedure, the system comprising:
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a plurality of medical instrument trays, each of the plurality of medical trays including a plurality of medical instrument storage receptacles, a plurality of medical instruments, each medical instrument being positioned in one of the plurality of medical instrument storage receptacles, an actuator having a light source coupled thereto, a controller to ensure each medical instrument of the plurality of medical instruments is used in an order of use defined by a predefined surgical procedure, the controller ensuring the order of use by sequentially choosing each medical instrument of the plurality of medical instruments in the order defined by the predefined surgical procedure and sequentially generating actuator commands to direct light produced by the light source toward the chosen medical instrument positioned in one of the plurality of medical instrument storage receptacles to guide a user to the chosen medical instrument positioned in the medical instrument storage receptacle of the medical instrument tray, and a plurality of feedback devices, each feedback device of the plurality of feedback devices being associated with a medical instrument of the plurality of medical instruments and actuatable to notify the controller when the user has selected the medical instrument associated with the feedback device for use. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method of managing medical instrument use during a surgical procedure, the method comprising the steps of:
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accessing a predefined surgical procedure to choose a medical instrument of a plurality of medical instruments per an order of use specified by the predefined surgical procedure, determining a location of the chosen medical instrument positioned in one of a plurality of medical instrument trays, activating a light source and directing light from the light source toward the chosen medical instrument positioned in the medical instrument tray to provide a visual indication of the chosen medical instrument and guide a user to the medical instrument tray and the chosen medical instrument positioned therein, receiving a signal from a feedback device associated with the chosen medical instrument that indicates use of the chosen medical instrument is complete, accessing the predefined surgical procedure in response to receiving the signal from the feedback device associated with the chosen medical instrument to choose a next medical instrument of the plurality of medical instruments to be used per the order specified by the predefined surgical procedure, and repeating the steps of determining, activating, receiving and accessing until completion of the order specified by the predefined surgical procedure. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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