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US 10,592,857 B2Granted
System and method for managing equipment in a medical procedure
AssigneeSynaptive Medical (Barbados) Inc.
InventorsCameron Piron, Joshua Richmond
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Abstract
An electronic device is provided including a processor, an input device coupled to the processor, a memory coupled to the processor; and a module saved in the memory. The module configures the processor to, during a procedure phase of a medical procedure, identify pieces of equipment to be used in the medical procedure using input from the input device; track the pieces of equipment being used in the medical procedure using input from the input device; and account for each of the pieces of equipment at completion of the medical procedure using input from the input device.
Claims12
An electronic device comprising:
- a processor;
- an input device comprising a structured light tracking camera coupled with the processor, the structured light tracking camera configured to track at least one of:
- a tissue, a biological fluid, and a non-biological fluid, and the structured light tracking camera configured to track a plurality of 3D volumes at different resolutions, each 3D volume of the plurality of 3D volumes tracked in relation to at least one of a unique time-stamp and a quality metric, whereby a data structure is provided enabling tracking, during a medical procedure, in relation to at least one of contrast, scale, and time;
- a memory coupled with the processor;
- and
- a module saved in the memory, the module for configuring the processor, during a procedure phase of a medical procedure, the medical procedure comprising a minimally invasive procedure, to:
- identify pieces of equipment to be used in the medical procedure by using input from the input device;
- track the pieces of equipment being used in the medical procedure by using input from the input device;
- account for each piece of the pieces of equipment at completion of the medical procedure by using input from the input device;
- display, on a display of the electronic device, a visual image of a tool needed at a particular point in the medical procedure;
- based on a medical procedure plan generated during a planning phase of the medical procedure and prior to the procedure phase:
- generate an equipment list for completing the medical procedure, thereby providing a generated equipment list;
- check the generated equipment list with equipment that is on hand at a facility where the medical procedure will be performed;
- and automatically generate an order for equipment that is not on hand at the facility where the medical procedure will be performed;
- and
- during each medical procedure phase of the medical procedure, identify a tool being handled by using input from the input device;
- and generate a warning if the identified tool is not the correct tool according to the equipment list generated during the planning phase,
- wherein the tool is intraoperatively configurable by determining at least one context measure associated with the medical procedure, and
- wherein the at least one context measure comprises at least one of:
- a presence of a tissue having a particular type during the medical procedure, a presence of at least one fluid of a biological fluid and a non-biological fluid, and a fluid having a particular type.
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A method of managing equipment for a medical procedure, the method including, during a procedure phase of a medical procedure comprising a minimally invasive procedure:
- identifying pieces of equipment to be used in the medical procedure based on input from an input device, the input device comprising a structured light tracking camera, identifying comprising providing the structured light tracking camera configured to track at least one of:
- a tissue, a biological fluid, and a non-biological fluid, and providing the structured light tracking camera comprising configuring the structured light tracking camera to track a plurality of 3D volumes at different resolutions, each 3D volume of the plurality of 3D volumes tracked in relation to at least one of a unique time-stamp and a quality metric, whereby a data structure is provided enabling tracking, during a medical procedure, in relation to at least one of contrast, scale, and time;
- tracking the pieces of equipment being used in the medical procedure based on input from the input device;
- accounting for each piece of the pieces of equipment at completion of the medical procedure based on input from the input device;
- displaying, on a display, a visual image of a tool needed at a particular point in the medical procedure;
- and
- during each medical procedure phase of the medical procedure, identifying a tool being handled by using input from the input device;
- and generating a warning if the identified tool is not the correct tool according to the equipment list generated during the planning phase,
- wherein identifying the tool comprises intraoperatively configuring the tool by determining at least one context measure associated with the medical procedure, and
- wherein determining the at least one context measure comprises determining at least one of:
- a presence of a tissue having a particular type during the medical procedure, a presence of at least one fluid of a biological fluid and a non-biological fluid, and a fluid having a particular type.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.