System, medical item including RFID chip, data collection engine, server and method for capturing medical data

• US 10,076,284 B1
• Filed: 04/27/2018
• Issued: 09/18/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brain Trust Innovations I, LLC
• Original Assignee: Brain Trust Innovations I, LLC
• Inventors: LaBorde, David
• Primary Examiner(s): BLOUIN, MARK S
• Application Number:
  US15/964,075
• Time in Patent Office: 144 Days
• Field of Search: 340 101
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0247 Pressure sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/08 Sensors provided with means for identification, e.g. barcodes or memory chips
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/01 Measuring temperature of body parts ; Diagnostic temperature sensing, e.g. for malignant or inflamed tissue clinical contact thermometers G01K13/20
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/065 Determining position of the probe employing exclusively positioning means located on or in the probe, e.g. using position sensors arranged on the probe
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6852 Catheters
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7267 involving training the classification device
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07758 arrangements for adhering the record carrier to further objects or living beings, functioning as an identification tag
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10366 the interrogation device being adapted for miscellaneous applications
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 3/04 Architecture, e.g. interconnection topology
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 3/08 Learning methods
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/65 stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/30 for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

A system includes a plurality of RFID chips affixed to a medical item, a device reader such as a data collection engine device, and a server device. The data collection engine wirelessly transmits power to an RFID chips and receives first medical data from the RFID chip while the RFID chip is activated by the power receiver. The data collection engine generates a first message indicative of the first medical data to be sent to the server device. The server device can determine aspects of the medical item such as position and risk states based upon the first medical data.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a first medical item including a first RFID tag and a second medical item including a second RFID tag, wherein each of the first and second RFID tags include;

a controller configured according to instructions in memory to generate a message including identification information; and

an antenna portion configured to transmit the message;

a mobile device communicating with the first and second RFID tags, wherein the mobile device comprises;

a transceiver configured to receive the messages from the first and second RFID tags;

a controller operatively coupled to the transceiver; and

one or more memory sources operatively coupled to the controller, the one or more memory sources including instructions for configuring the controller to generate one or more messages indicative of the identification information to be sent by the transceiver to a server device via a network connection;

wherein the server device comprises;

a transceiver configured to receive the one or more messages from the mobile device;

a controller operatively coupled to the transceiver; and

one or more memory sources operatively coupled to the controller, the one or more memory sources including instructions for configuring the controller to associate the identification information of the first RFID tag with the identification information of the second RFID tag.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first and second RFID tags is a passive-type RFID tag.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the first medical item is a table and the second medical item is a medical accessory.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the medical accessory is one of an electron cutout, Vaclog, Bolus and Accuform.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the first medical item is a patient identification and the second medical item is a medical accessory.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the transceiver of the server device receives patient information from an electronic medical records (EMR) system; and

the controller of the server device is further configured to compare the identification information from one of the first and second RFID tags with the patient information received from the EMR system.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein:

the other of the first and second RFID tags is a medical accessory; and

the controller of the server device is further configured to compare the identification information of the medical accessory with the patient information to confirm the medical accessory.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the medical accessory is a Bolus.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein:

at least one of the first and second RFID tags is a passive-type RFID tag;

the mobile device includes a power transmission subsystem including a power source and an antenna arranged to wirelessly transmit power from the power source to the passive-type RFID tag.

10. A device reader communicating with a plurality of RFID tags, the device reader comprising:

a transceiver configured to receive messages from a first and second RFID tags of the plurality of RFID tags and send messages to one of the first and second messages RFID tags to write data to the respective one of the first and second RFID tags;

a controller operatively coupled to the transceiver; and

a plurality of memory sources operatively coupled to the controller, the plurality of memory sources including a double data rate (DDR) and FLASH memory, and instructions for configuring the controller to generate one or more messages indicative of identification information included in the messages received from the first and second RFID tags to be sent by the transceiver to a server device via a network connection.

11. The device reader of claim 10, wherein the controller is an ARM cortex processor running a Linux Operating System (OS).

12. The device reader of claim 10, wherein the transceiver includes a Local Area Network (LAN) port.

13. The device reader of claim 10, further including an RFID antenna interface having an RF output power of 0 to 31.5 dBm.

14. The device reader of claim 10, further comprising an antenna arranged to read data from RFID tags up to 8 m separated from the device reader.

15. The device reader of claim 10, further comprising a power transmission subsystem including a power source and an antenna arranged to wirelessly transmit power from the power source to a passive-type RFID tag of the plurality of RFID tags.

16. The device reader of claim 10, wherein the instructions include a RAINstream application.