System and method for monitoring and recording locations of medical products and applications thereto
First Claim
1. A system for autonomous monitoring of administration of prescribed items for patients, comprising:
- a plurality of wireless locator tags each having an indicator coupled thereto;
an indoor positioning system configured to autonomously determine a location of each of the plurality of wireless locator tags as a function of time;
a database configured to store the locations of each of the plurality of wireless locator tags as a function of time, the database comprising data representative of;
patient location as a function of time;
prescribed item location as a function of time;
staff member location as a function of time;
a processor to process data from the database; and
a radio transceiver configured to transmit a command generated by the processor to the plurality of wireless locator tags, wherein the command is addressed to one of the plurality of wireless locator tags, and wherein the command causes the indicator of the addressed wireless locator tag to indicate a status condition with respect to the prescribed item as a function of location.
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Abstract
A system for autonomous monitoring of administration of prescribed items for patients may include a plurality of wireless locator tags each having an indicator coupled thereto, an indoor positioning system, a database, a processor, and a radio transceiver. A method for autonomous monitoring of administration of prescribed items for patients may include detecting a contemporaneous collocation of a prescribed item and a patient, verifying that the identity of the prescribed item is equivalent to a prescribed item recorded in a physician'"'"'s order for the patient, determining if the prescribed item is supplied in a correct dose and at a correct time, recording the identities of staff members in contemporaneous collocation to the patient, and commanding a locator tag coupled to a container holding the prescribed item to annunciate either an error condition if the prescribed item, dosage, or time of administration is not consistent with the physician'"'"'s order, or a no error condition if the prescribed item, dosage, and time of administration are consistent with the physician'"'"'s order.
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1. A system for autonomous monitoring of administration of prescribed items for patients, comprising:
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a plurality of wireless locator tags each having an indicator coupled thereto; an indoor positioning system configured to autonomously determine a location of each of the plurality of wireless locator tags as a function of time; a database configured to store the locations of each of the plurality of wireless locator tags as a function of time, the database comprising data representative of; patient location as a function of time; prescribed item location as a function of time; staff member location as a function of time; a processor to process data from the database; and a radio transceiver configured to transmit a command generated by the processor to the plurality of wireless locator tags, wherein the command is addressed to one of the plurality of wireless locator tags, and wherein the command causes the indicator of the addressed wireless locator tag to indicate a status condition with respect to the prescribed item as a function of location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for autonomously monitoring of administration of prescribed items for patients, comprising:
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autonomously detecting a contemporaneous collocation of a prescribed item and a patient; verifying that an identity of the prescribed item in contemporaneous collocation is equivalent to a prescribed item recorded in a physician'"'"'s order for the patient; determining if the prescribed item is supplied in a correct dose according to the physician'"'"'s order; determining if the prescribed item is in contemporaneous collocation with the patient at a time consistent with an administration schedule according to the physician'"'"'s order; recording identities of staff members in contemporaneous collocation to the patient; commanding a locator tag coupled to a container holding the prescribed item to annunciate an error condition if the identity of the prescribed item, the dosage, or the time of administration is not consistent with the physician'"'"'s order; and commanding the locator tag coupled to the container holding the prescribed item to annunciate a no error condition if the identity of the prescribed item, the dosage, and the time of administration is consistent with the physician'"'"'s order. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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