Collecting and connecting vascular access data throughout the continuity of care
AssigneeBecton, Dickinson and Company
InventorsJonathan Karl Burkholz, Matthew Prince
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Abstract
Systems and methods for collecting and connecting vascular access data throughout the continuity of care of a vascular access are provided. A patient's historic vascular access data can be stored and made accessible during subsequent attempts to access the patient's vasculature. Additional vascular access data can be generated and stored during the subsequent attempts to access the patient's vasculature. By collecting and connecting the vascular access data, the vascular access data can enable a clinician to be more successful throughout the continuity of care of a vascular access.
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A method for collecting and connecting vascular access data comprising:
- storing in a database historic vascular access data representing a history of a patient's vascular access, the historic vascular access data including ultrasound images of a portion of the patient's vasculature;
- presenting via a monitoring device the historic vascular access data during an access of the patient's vasculature;
- detecting, by a base unit of an ultrasound assembly, that an ultrasound probe of the ultrasound assembly has been adhered to the patient's skin overtop the portion of the patient's vasculature into which a catheter has been or will be inserted to perform the access of the patient's vasculature;
- collecting, by the base unit, additional vascular access data during the access of the patient's vasculature, by receiving, from the ultrasound probe, additional ultrasound images which capture the portion of the patient's vasculature into which the catheter is inserted;
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- storing in the database the additional vascular access data with the historic vascular access data.
A method for connecting and collecting vascular access data throughout continuity of care comprising:
- storing in a database historic vascular access data representing a history of a patient's vascular access;
- presenting via a monitoring device the historic vascular access data during an access of the patient's vasculature;
- detecting, by a base unit of an ultrasound assembly, that an ultrasound probe of the ultrasound assembly has been adhered to the patient's skin overtop a portion of the patient's vasculature into which a catheter will be inserted to perform the access of the patient's vasculature;
- collecting, by the base unit, first vascular access data during a site assessment or placement support of the access of the patient's vasculature, the first vascular access data comprising first ultrasound images of the portion of the patient's vasculature which are generated by the ultrasound probe before the catheter is inserted into the portion of the patient's vasculature;
- collecting, by the base unit, second vascular access data representing a placement initial state baseline documentation for the access of the patient's vasculature, the second vascular access data comprising second ultrasound images of the portion of the patient's vasculature which are generated by the ultrasound probe after the catheter is inserted into the portion of the patient's vasculature;
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- collecting, by the base unit, third vascular access data during indwell of the catheter, the third vascular access data comprising third ultrasound images of the portion of the patient's vasculature which are generated by the ultrasound probe while the catheter remains inserted into the portion of the patient's vasculature.
A system for collecting and connecting vascular access data throughout continuity of care comprising:
- a database storing historic vascular access data representing a history of a patient's vascular access, the historic vascular access data including ultrasound images of a portion of the patient's vasculature;
- one or more monitoring devices that are configured to present the historic vascular access data during an access of the patient's vasculature;
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- an ultrasound assembly configured to generate additional vascular access data during the access of the patient's vasculature and to store the additional vascular access data in the database in association with the historic vascular access data, wherein the ultrasound assembly comprises an ultrasound probe and a securing mechanism for securing the ultrasound probe to the patient's skin throughout the access of the patient's vasculature and to position the ultrasound probe overtop a portion of the patient's vasculature into which a catheter has been or will be inserted to perform the access of the patient's vasculature, and wherein the additional vascular access data comprises ultrasound images capturing a portion of the patient's vasculature into which the catheter is inserted throughout the access of the patient's vasculature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.