Relocation module and methods for surgical equipment

An automated data consolidation module, comprising:

• a housing configured to house waste heat-producing electronic and electromechanical medical equipment;
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• a cowling that substantially confines waste heat generated by the waste heat-producing electronic and electromechanical medical equipment;
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• at least one handheld digital camera;
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• processing circuitry in wired or wireless electrical communication with the handheld digital camera to receive and record digital data produced by the handheld digital camera;
• wherein the digital data from the handheld digital camera is automatically delivered to the processing circuitry, and the processing circuitry and software is configured to perform at least one of machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) analysis to identify specific visual elements of a image by matching the subject image to known images stored in an image library and automatically save the information provided by the matched specific visual elements of the image or the image itself to an electronic record or database.

An automated data consolidation module including a module for housing unrelated electronic and electromechanical surgical equipment and a portable digital camera, including a system to receive and record data produced by the electronic and electromechanical medical equipment and the portable digital camera, the automated data consolidation module comprising:

• a housing having a lower section and a tower-like upper section, wherein the lower section is configured to house unrelated electronic and electromechanical surgical equipment, and wherein the tower-like upper section is located on top of the lower section, wherein the upper section is configured to accommodate mounting of equipment controls, display screens and monitor screens at a convenient height for viewing and operating;
• a cable and hose management system located on a patient side of the module, wherein the patient side of the module is configured to face a patient and provide the closest and most direct access to the patient;
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• at least one portable digital camera;
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• processing circuitry in wired or wireless electrical communication with the portable digital camera to receive digital data produced by the portable digital camera;
• wherein the digital data from the portable digital camera is automatically delivered to the processing circuitry, and the processing circuitry and software is configured to perform at least one of machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) analysis to identify specific visual elements of a image by matching the subject image to known images stored in an image library and automatically save the information provided by the matched specific visual elements of the image or the image itself to an electronic record or database.

An automated data consolidation module including a module for housing one or more of electronic and electromechanical medical equipment, a portable digital camera and a system to measure administration of one or more IV medications or fluids for IV administration and a system to receive and record data produced by the portable digital camera and the system to measure administration of one or more IV medications or fluids, the automated data consolidation module comprising:

• a housing configured to house one or more of electronic and electromechanical medical equipment;
• a cowling that substantially confines the one or more of electronic and electromechanical medical equipment;
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• one or more portable digital cameras;
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• a system for measuring and recording the administration of the one or more IV medications and fluids, the system comprising:
• a barcode reader or an RFID interrogator configured to identify at least one of the one or more IV medications or fluids;
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• a machine vision digital camera in electrical communication with processing circuitry configured to determine a volume of medication administered from a syringe or fluid administered from an IV bag through an IV drip chamber into an IV tubing based on an image generated by the machine vision digital camera;
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• processing circuitry in wired or wireless electrical communication with the system for measuring and recording the administration of the one or more IV medications and fluids and the portable digital camera to receive digital data produced by the system for measuring and recording the administration of the one or more IV medications and fluids and the portable digital camera;
• wherein the digital data from the system for measuring and recording the administration of the one or more IV medications and fluids is automatically delivered to the processing circuitry, and the processing circuitry is configured to automatically save the digital data to an electronic record or database;
• wherein the digital data from the portable digital camera is automatically delivered to the processing circuitry, and the processing circuitry and software is configured to perform at least one of machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) analysis to identify specific visual elements of a image by matching the subject image to known images stored in an image library and automatically save the information provided by the matched specific visual elements of the image or the image itself to an electronic record or database.