US 11,380,437 B2Granted

Selection of a medical accessory

AssigneeFresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH

InventorsOlaf Schermeier, Kirill Koulechov

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Abstract

The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for selecting a medical accessory for treatment of a patient. The method comprises at least one of the following method steps. A first method step of receiving a patient identifier identifying the patient to be treated. A second method step of determining a treatment identifier of the treatment to be performed which identifies the treatment to be performed on the patient. A third method step of comparing an accessory database containing data sets on at least two medical accessories for one or more patient treatments to an actual inventory of stocked medical accessories. A fourth method step of selecting a suitable medical accessory for a treatment to be performed on the patient by means of the accessory database and on the basis of at least the patient identifier, the treatment identifier and the actual inventory. A fifth method step of segregating the selected medical accessory.

Claims16

Dependent claims

A method for selecting a medical accessory for a treatment of a patient, wherein the method comprises the following method steps:

receiving a patient identifier which identifies the patient to be treated;
determining a treatment identifier for the treatment to be performed, which identifies the patient treatment to be performed;
determining patient characteristics by means of the patient identifier and based on an allocation rule for patient characteristics, which is constructed to allocate one or more patient characteristics to a respective patient identifier;
determining treatment characteristics by means of the treatment identifier and based on an allocation rule for treatment characteristics which allocates one or more predetermined treatment characteristics of the respective treatment in each case to at least two treatments;
comparing an accessory database containing data sets on at least two medical accessories for one or more patient treatments to an actual inventory of stocked medical accessories in a supply storage, the actual inventory being detected by a detection device, wherein at least two data sets of the accessory database in each case identify one or more characteristics from the group of accessory characteristics, patient characteristics, and treatment characteristics;
identifying a medical accessory in order to select a suitable medical accessory by means of the accessory database, its associated data set exhibiting accessory characteristics, patient characteristics, and treatment characteristics corresponding to the specific patient characteristics determined on the basis of the patient identifier and the specific treatment characteristics determined on the basis of the treatment identifier respectively, the suitable medical accessory further selected on the basis of the actual inventory detected by the detection device;
and
dispensing the selected medical accessory, from the supply storage, with a dispenser device, to an attending person or a treatment apparatus, or to a transporting person or transport apparatus associated with said attending person or treatment apparatus, the selected medical accessory being configured to be used for the treatment of the patient.

5 more elements

A selection apparatus for a medical accessory or accessory set, comprising:

at least one storage area;
a detection device configured to detect an actual inventory in the at least one storage area;
a data processing device comprising a user interface, a microprocessor, a memory, and an accessory database, wherein a computer program is installed on the data processing device and the selection apparatus is configured by the computer program to:
(1) identify a patient to be treated upon receiving a patient identifier;
(2) determine a treatment identifier for the treatment to be performed, which identifies the patient treatment to be performed;
(3) determine patient characteristics by means of the patient identifier and based on an allocation rule for patient characteristics, which is constructed to allocate one or more patient characteristics to a respective patient identifier;
(4) determine treatment characteristics by means of the treatment identifier and based on an allocation rule for treatment characteristics, which allocates one or more predetermined treatment characteristics of the respective treatment in each case to at least two treatments;
(5) compare the accessory database containing data sets on at least two medical accessories for one or more patient treatments to the actual inventory of stocked medical accessories in the at least one storage area, wherein at least two data sets of the accessory database in each case identify one or more characteristics from the group of accessory characteristics, patient characteristics, and treatment characteristics;
and (6) identify a medical accessory in order to select a suitable medical accessory by means of the accessory database, its associated data set exhibiting accessory characteristics, patient characteristics, and/or treatment characteristics corresponding to the specific patient characteristics determined on the basis of the patient identifier or the specific treatment characteristics determined on the basis of the treatment identifier respectively, the suitable medical accessory further selected on the basis of the actual inventory;
a selection device;
and
at least one segregating apparatus, wherein the selection device is configured to transport the suitable medical accessory from the at least one storage area to the at least one segregating apparatus.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/480,687Filed 29 Jan 2018
Priority: DE 10 2017 201 452.030 Jan 2017
Published: US 2019/0392949 A126 Dec 2019
Granted: 5 Jul 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

G16H 40/60
ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or…:…
G16H 10/60
ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of patient-related medical or healthcare data: for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic…
G16H 40/20
ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or…:…
A61B 34/25
Computer-aided surgery; Manipulators or robots specially adapted for use in surgery: user interfaces for surgical systems