Hospital communication system
First Claim
1. A medical communications system comprising:
- a pedal device adapted to send a first set of codes for respective stages of a medical procedure;
a sensor device for sensing a specific stage of a medical procedure, wherein the sensor device is configured to;
detect a displacement of a medical instrument on a medical instrument table using weight compression whenever a medical personnel picks up or places down the medical instrument on the medical instrument table, andtransmit a status message indicating that the stage of the medical procedure has been completed in response to detecting the displacement of the medical instrument,a computer adapted to translate said set of codes into real-time status information; and
a network interface that transmits and distributes the status message and said real-time status information to one or more mobile devices.
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Abstract
The invention is a hospital scheduling system that allows for real-time updates of the status of a medical procedure to be transmitted. More particularly, this transmission allows for the consistent flow of a pre-arranged sequence of events a hospital may use for patient treatment procedures. Once an event has transpired, notice of the event occurrence may be transmitted to interested personnel through specific transmission, or a general broadcast for all personnel such that updates may be checked by any interested hospital personnel. The devices capable of receiving the transmissions may be a wired device, or may be a portable wireless device, such as a hand-held unit. Moreover, the invention describes a pedal that may be capable of programming such that when specific areas of the pedal are compressed, coding will be sent to a computer for translation into status messages that may be transmitted through a network to any number of recipients. The pedal may be adapted such that compressions may be performed by the user'"'"'s foot.
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16 Claims
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1. A medical communications system comprising:
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a pedal device adapted to send a first set of codes for respective stages of a medical procedure; a sensor device for sensing a specific stage of a medical procedure, wherein the sensor device is configured to; detect a displacement of a medical instrument on a medical instrument table using weight compression whenever a medical personnel picks up or places down the medical instrument on the medical instrument table, and transmit a status message indicating that the stage of the medical procedure has been completed in response to detecting the displacement of the medical instrument, a computer adapted to translate said set of codes into real-time status information; and a network interface that transmits and distributes the status message and said real-time status information to one or more mobile devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A medical communications system used for scheduling medical procedures in an operating room, comprising:
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a pedal, responsive to a medical personnel, adapted to generate a first set of codes indicative of specific stages of a medical procedure performed on a patient by said medical personnel in a particular operating room; a sensor device configured to detect a displacement of a medical instrument on a medical instrument table using weight compression whenever the medical personnel picks UP or places down the medical instrument on the medical instrument table, and transmit a status message indicating that the stage of the medical procedure has been completed in response to detecting the displacement of the medical instrument; a computer adapted to translate the set of codes into detailed real-time status information concerning the specific stages of the medical procedure performed in the operating room; a display adapted to generate the real-time status information in a tabulated form, wherein the real-time status information includes; a time associated with the specific stage of the medical procedure, an identity of the operating room, an identity of the patient in the operating room, a location associated with the operating room, and the specific stage of the medical procedure; and a network interface that transmits and distributes the status message and said real-time status information to one or more mobile devices. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A medical communications system comprising:
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a sensor device for sensing a completion of a stage of a medical procedure, the sensor device configured to; detect a displacement of a medical instrument on a medical instrument table using weight compression whenever a medical personnel picks UP or places down the medical instrument on the medical instrument table, and transmit a status message indicating that the stage of the medical procedure has been completed in response to detecting the displacement of the medical instrument; a computer adapted to distribute the status message to one or more display devices; and a pedal device, in communication with the computer, adapted to generate a set of codes indicative of specific stages of the medical procedure, wherein the pedal device includes buttons related to the codes such that respective stages of the procedure are transmitted with respect to the button pressed, and wherein the computer is further adapted to translate the set of codes from the pedal into real-time status information concerning the medical procedure. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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