# US 11,432,983 B2 · Relocation module and methods for surgical equipment > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,432,983 B2 - Document ID: US11432983B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/550,696 - Filed: 2021-12-14 - Published: 2022-04-07 - Granted: 2022-09-06 - Earliest claimed: 2018-03-26 - Assignees: Augustine Biomedical + Design, LLC - Applicants: Augustine Biomedical + Design, LLC - Inventors: Scott D. Augustine; Susan D. Augustine; Garrett J. Augustine; Brent M. Augustine; Ryan S. Augustine; Randall C. Arnold - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11432983B2 ## CPC - A61G 13/108: {Means providing sterile air at a surgical operation table or area (treatment rooms A61G10/00; instruments or implements for sterile operation A61B90/00; sterilisation of air A61L9/00; purification of air in air-conditioning systems F24F3/16, F24F8/00)} - G16H 40/40: for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades - A61B 50/13: Trolleys{, e.g. carts} - A61B 50/15: Mayo stands; Tables - A61M 16/06: Respiratory or anaesthetic masks - A61M 16/18: Vaporising devices for anaesthetic preparations - G16H 10/60: for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records - G16H 40/60: for the operation of medical equipment or devices - A61B 46/10: specially adapted for instruments{, e.g. microscopes} - A61B 90/50: Supports for surgical instruments, e.g. articulated arms - A61B 90/96: using barcodes - A61B 90/98: using electromagnetic means, e.g. transponders - A61B 2050/155: {Mayo stands} - A61M 5/1408: {in parallel, e.g. by manifolds or with sequencing valves} - A61M 5/3134: {characterised by constructional features of the distal end, i.e. end closest to the tip of the needle cannula} - A61M 16/01: specially adapted for anaesthetising {(A61M16/104, A61M16/18 take precedence)} - A61M 2005/3126: {related to dosing} - A61M 2205/505: Touch-screens; Virtual keyboard or keypads; Virtual buttons; Soft keys; Mouse touches - A61M 2205/6009: for matching patient with his treatment, e.g. to improve transfusion security - A61M 2205/6027: Electric-conductive bridges closing detection circuits, with or without identifying elements, e.g. resistances, zener-diodes - A61M 2205/6072: Bar codes - B01D 46/0093: {against fire or explosion} - A61G: TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS (appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk A61H3/00); OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES (embalming corpses A01N1/00) - G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} - B01D: SEPARATION (separating solids from solids by wet methods B03B, B03D; by pneumatic jigs or tables B03B; by other dry methods B07; magnetic or electrostatic separation of solid materials from solid materials or fluids, separation by high-voltage electric fields B03C; centrifuges, vortex apparatus B04; presses per se for squeezing-out liquid from liquid-containing material B30B9/02; treatment of water C02F, e.g. softening by ion-exchange C02F1/42; {arrangements of air intake cleaners in gas turbine plants F02C7/05} ; arrangements or mounting of filters in air-conditioning, air-humidification or ventilation F24F13/28) ## Abstract Modules for housing electronic and electromechanical medical equipment including a system to measure and record administration of one or more IV medications or fluids for IV administration. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An automated data consolidation module including a module for housing electronic and electromechanical medical equipment and a system to receive and record data produced by the electronic and electromechanical medical equipment, the automated data consolidation module comprising: a housing configured to house the electronic and electromechanical medical equipment; a cowling that substantially confines the electronic and electromechanical medical equipment; and processing circuitry in electrical communication with the electronic and electromechanical medical equipment to receive digital data produced by the electronic and electromechanical medical equipment; wherein the digital data is automatically delivered to the processing circuitry, and the processing circuitry is configured to automatically save the digital data or processed digital data to an electronic record or database, wherein data produced by the electronic and electromechanical medical equipment mounted in or on the module can be automatically consolidated by the processing circuitry in electrical communication with the electronic and electromechanical medical equipment, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to structure and organize the consolidated data from the electronic and electromechanical medical equipment so that it can most effectively populate a “big data” database for subsequent “big data” analytics. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The automated data consolidation module of claim 1, wherein data produced by the electronic and electromechanical medical equipment mounted near the module can be automatically consolidated by the processing circuitry in wired or wireless electrical communication with the electronic and electromechanical medical equipment. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The automated data consolidation module of claim 1, wherein the electronic and electromechanical medical equipment mounted in or on the module can be required to produce digital data that one or more of conforms to a specific data standard, is in specific data formats, fills in specific data fields for each type of electronic and electromechanical medical equipment and is delivered instantly to the processing circuitry. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The automated data consolidation module of claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to translate data that does not conform to a specific data standard or specific data formats. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The automated data consolidation module of claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to add time stamps or other indicators of time so that unrelated data can be temporally correlated during subsequent “big data” analysis. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The automated data consolidation module of claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to determine if a continuous recording of a data stream is desirable and then continuously record or if intermittent recording of data is adequate in the case of slow-changing or non-changing data, to record intermittently. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The automated data consolidation module of claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to do data preparation including filtering and cleaning so that the data submitted to a “big data” database is accurate and complete. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The automated data consolidation module of claim 7, wherein the filtering and cleaning includes comparing data from several sensors in a technique called Sensor Fusion in order to detect clearly erroneous data from a faulty sensor or faulty connection. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The automated data consolidation module of claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to perform one or more of batch processing and stream processing to the data. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The automated data consolidation module of claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is configured perform as a processing node in a “big data” parallel processing system. ### Claim 11 An automated data consolidation module comprising: a housing configured to house electronic and electromechanical medical equipment; a cowling that substantially confines the electronic and electromechanical medical equipment; a system to receive and record data produced by the electronic and electromechanical medical equipment; and processing circuitry in electrical communication with the electronic and electromechanical medical equipment to receive digital data produced by the electronic and electromechanical medical equipment; wherein the digital data is automatically delivered to the processing circuitry, and the processing circuitry is configured to add timestamps to the digital data and automatically save the timestamped digital data to an electronic record or database, wherein data produced by the electronic and electromechanical medical equipment mounted in or on the module can be automatically consolidated by the processing circuitry in electrical communication with the electronic and electromechanical medical equipment, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to structure and organize the consolidated data from the electronic and electromechanical medical equipment so that it can most effectively populate a “big data” database for subsequent “big data” analytics. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The automated data consolidation module of claim 11, wherein data produced by the electronic and electromechanical medical equipment mounted near the module can be automatically consolidated by the processing circuitry in wired or wireless electrical communication with the electronic and electromechanical medical equipment. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The automated data consolidation module of claim 11, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to translate data that does not conform to a specific data standard or specific data formats. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The automated data consolidation module of claim 11, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to add timestamps or other indicators of time so that unrelated data can be temporally correlated during subsequent “big data” analysis. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The automated data consolidation module of claim 11, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to determine if a continuous recording of a data stream is desirable and then continuously record or if intermittent recording of data is adequate in the case of slow-changing or non-changing data, to record intermittently. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The automated data consolidation module of claim 11, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to do data preparation including filtering and cleaning so that the data submitted to a “big data” database is accurate and complete. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The automated data consolidation module of claim 16, wherein the filtering and cleaning includes comparing data from several sensors in a technique called Sensor Fusion in order to detect clearly erroneous data from a faulty sensor or faulty connection. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The automated data consolidation module of claim 11, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to perform one or more of batch processing and stream processing to the data. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The automated data consolidation module of claim 11, wherein the processing circuitry is configured perform as a processing node in a “big data” parallel processing system. ### Claim 20 An automated data consolidation module including a module for housing electronic and electromechanical surgical equipment including a system to receive and record data produced by the electronic and electromechanical medical equipment, the automated data consolidation module comprising: a housing configured to house unrelated electronic and electromechanical surgical equipment; 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; and processing circuitry in electrical communication with the electronic and electromechanical medical equipment to receive digital data produced by the electronic and electromechanical medical equipment; wherein the digital data is automatically delivered to the processing circuitry, and the processing circuitry is configured to add timestamps to the digital data and automatically save the timestamped digital data to an electronic record or database. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The automated data consolidation module of claim 20, wherein data produced by the electronic and electromechanical medical equipment mounted in, on or near the module can be automatically consolidated by the processing circuitry in wired or wireless electrical communication with the electronic and electromechanical medical equipment. ### Claim 22 (depends on 20) The automated data consolidation module of claim 20, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to structure and organize the consolidated data from the electronic and electromechanical medical equipment so that it can most effectively populate a “big data” database for subsequent “big data” analytics. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The automated data consolidation module of claim 22, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to translate data that does not conform to a specific data standard or specific data formats. ### Claim 24 (depends on 22) The automated data consolidation module of claim 22, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to do data preparation including filtering and cleaning so that the data submitted to a “big data” database is accurate and complete. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The automated data consolidation module of claim 24, wherein the filtering and cleaning includes comparing data from several sensors in a technique called Sensor Fusion in order to detect clearly erroneous data from a faulty sensor or connection. ### Claim 26 An automated data consolidation module including a module for housing one or more of electronic and electromechanical medical equipment and a system to measure and record administration of one or more IV medications or fluids for IV administration and a system to receive and record data produced by the electronic and electromechanical medical equipment, the automated data consolidation module comprising: a housing configured to house one of more of electronic and electromechanical medical equipment; 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; and 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; and processing circuitry in electrical communication with the electronic and electromechanical medical equipment and the system for measuring and recording the administration of the one or more IV medications and fluids to receive digital data produced by the electronic and electromechanical medical equipment and system for measuring and recording the administration of the one or more IV medications and fluids; and wherein the digital data is automatically delivered to the processing circuitry, and the processing circuitry is configured to automatically save the digital data or processed digital data to an electronic record or database.