Method and system for tracking medical products
First Claim
1. A method of tracking medical products in which a marked packaged medical product is identified by a supplier of said product by a first reference stored in a first product file, the medical product being stored at a client facility for subsequent use for a patient identified in a second patient file, the method comprising the steps of:
- detecting the first reference of the medical product automatically and storing said first reference in a third client file,detecting removal of the product from stock automatically,inserting the first reference of the removed medical product in the second patient file corresponding to a patient for which the medical product is used or to be used,constructing a fourth file comprising partial references coming from the second patient file, said fourth file comprising the first reference of the medical product and expurgated patient data which includes a patient identifier but protects the medical confidentiality of the patient, andtransmitting the fourth file automatically or semi-automatically to the supplier of the product.
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Abstract
The present invention concerns a method and a system for tracking medical products in which the product (11, 12) and/or its packaging (16) is marked and identified with a first reference (18) that is stored in a first file (20) and the packaged product is shipped (7) to the client for storage for subsequent use for a patient listed in a second file (31). The references of the product are detected (27) automatically and remotely when it is shipped and stored in a third, or stock control, file (28) of the client at the time of an operation. Removal of the product from stock is detected (30) automatically, the references of the product are inserted in the second file (31) corresponding to the patient of the client for which it is used or is to be used, a fourth file is constructed (36) comprising partial references coming from the file of the patient and the references of the product that have been determined for tracking purposes, and this fourth file is transmitted (52) automatically or semi-automatically to the supplier (4) of the product.
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37 Claims
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1. A method of tracking medical products in which a marked packaged medical product is identified by a supplier of said product by a first reference stored in a first product file, the medical product being stored at a client facility for subsequent use for a patient identified in a second patient file, the method comprising the steps of:
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detecting the first reference of the medical product automatically and storing said first reference in a third client file, detecting removal of the product from stock automatically, inserting the first reference of the removed medical product in the second patient file corresponding to a patient for which the medical product is used or to be used, constructing a fourth file comprising partial references coming from the second patient file, said fourth file comprising the first reference of the medical product and expurgated patient data which includes a patient identifier but protects the medical confidentiality of the patient, and transmitting the fourth file automatically or semi-automatically to the supplier of the product. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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2. A method of tracking medical products in which a marked packaged medical product is identified by a supplier of said product by a first reference stored in a first product file, the medical product being stored at a client facility for a subsequent use for a patient identified in a second patient file, the method comprising the steps of:
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(1) receiving from a third client file the first reference of the medical product previously detected automatically and stored in said third client file, (2) inserting the first reference of the medical product of which removal from stock has been detected automatically in the second patient file corresponding to a patient for which the medical product is used or to be used, (3) constructing a fourth file comprising the first reference of the medical product and partial references coming from the second patient file, said partial references being expurgated information which includes a patient identifier but protects the medical confidentiality of the patient, and (4) transmitting the fourth file automatically or semi-automatically to the supplier of the product. - View Dependent Claims (3)
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- 4. A method of tracking medical products in which marked packaged medical products are identified by at least a supplier of said medical products with corresponding first references stored in first product files, the medical products being stored at a client'"'"'s facilities for subsequent use for corresponding patients identified in second patient files, wherein each of said marked packaged medical products comprises a removable packaging, a card attached to an RFID microchip contained in each of said packaging, wherein each of said RFID microchips comprises a RFID memory file containing information on respective products and partial references coming from one of the second files of a patient operated on with a respective medical product, said method comprising the step of cross-referencing RFID memory files of several microchips to determine the number of medical products used in operations, actual implantation and pathologies for which the products are used, wherein said partial references on said RFID memory files contain expurgated information which includes a patient identifier but protects the medical confidentiality of the patient.
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19. A system for tracking medical products packaged and marked with a reference, said reference being stored in a first product file, said system for tracking at least one of the packaged medical products by a client for subsequent use thereof for a patient listed in a second patient file of said client, wherein the system comprises:
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means for automatic and remote detection of the reference of the at least one medical product when the product is shipped, means for storing said reference in a third client file, means for automatic detection of removal or entry of the at least one medical product from or into stock, means for insertion of the reference of the at least one medical product into the second patient file corresponding to a patient of the client in which the at least one medical product is or will be implanted, means for forming a fourth file comprising partial references coming from the second patient file and comprising the references of the implanted product that have been determined for tracking and expurgated data which includes a patient identifier but protects the medical confidentiality of the patient, and means for automatic or semi-automatic remote transmission of the fourth file to a supplier of the medical product. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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20. A system for tracking medical products packaged and marked with a reference, said reference being stored in a first product file, wherein at least one of the packaged medical products is stored at a client facility for subsequent use thereof for a patient listed in a second patient file of said client, the system comprising a third client file containing references recognized automatically by radio frequency or optical recognition means of the at least one packaged medical product, and
means for forming a fourth file comprising the reference of an implanted product and partial references coming from the second patient file, said fourth file having expurgated data which includes a patient identifier but protects the medical confidentiality of a corresponding patient, and means for transmitting the fourth file to a supplier of the at least one medical product.
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22. A system for tracking medical products packaged and marked with a reference, said reference being stored in a first product file, said system for storing at least one of the medical products for subsequent use thereof for a patient listed in a second patient file, the system comprising:
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a bar code reader or a contactless microchip reader configured to automatically detect the at least one medical product, a computer configured to store references in a third client file, and to detect removal and/or entry of one or more medical products from or into stock, the computer configured to insert references of the at least one medical product into the second file corresponding to the patient of the client in which the medical product is or will be implanted, said computer configured to form a fourth file comprising the references of the implanted product and partial references coming from the second patient file and having expurgated data which includes a patient identifier but protects the medical confidentiality of the patient, and said computer configured to automatically or semi-automatically transmit the fourth file to a supplier of the at least one medical product.
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