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US 12,658,314 B2Granted
System and method for managing hospital surgical instruments
OwnerShin Hwan Choinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a system and method for managing hospital surgical instruments, wherein the system for managing hospital surgical instruments, according to the present invention, can automatically manage all histories of surgical instruments used in a hospital wherein the surgical instruments are stored in a hospital storage room, the surgical instruments and the quantity thereof are checked before the release thereof is prepared according to surgical instrument request information, the release of the surgical instruments is on standby, and the surgical instruments are released to a hospital department or operating room and used for surgery.
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A system for managing hospital surgical instruments, the system comprising:
- a storage processing unit, executed by a processor, configured to, when identification information, name, and quantity of surgical instruments to be stored in a warehouse in a hospital are input, generate surgical instrument storage information including the identification information, name, and quantity of the surgical instruments and an input date and time, and store the generated surgical instrument storage information in a storage unit;
- a surgical instrument request processing unit, executed by the processor, configured to receive surgical instrument request information including name and quantity of surgical instruments and medical staff information that are transmitted from a department terminal or operating room terminal of the hospital, store the received surgical instrument request information in the storage unit, generate a message that allows an administrator to recognize that new surgical instrument request information has arrived, and output the generated message to a display unit;
- a surgical instrument recognition processing unit, executed by the processor, configured to extract an image consisting only of the identification information of the surgical instruments from an image of an entire area of a tray on which a plurality of surgical instruments are placed, captured by a first camera, identify the identification information of each surgical instrument from the extracted image consisting only of the identification information of the surgical instruments, detect the name of the surgical instrument corresponding to the identification information of each surgical instrument from the storage unit, then calculate the quantity of the surgical instruments placed on the tray using the number of pieces of identified identification information of the surgical instruments, determine whether the detected name and quantity of the surgical instruments match the name and quantity of the surgical instruments included in the surgical instrument request information, and output a result of the determination to an audio output unit or the display unit;
- a surgical instrument cleaning device that is configured to firstly clean the surgical instruments immersed in a cleaning solution or distilled water with ultrasonic waves, immerse the surgical instruments that have been firstly cleaned in ultrapure water, then clean the surgical instruments secondarily using nitrogen, and dry and sterilize the surgical instruments that have been secondarily cleaned;
- a surgical instrument packaging device that is configured to package the surgical instruments that have been cleaned, dried, and sterilized in the surgical instrument cleaning unit, and make a single packaged item;
- an invoice processing unit, executed by the processor, configured to generate invoice information that allows a person to identify the packaged item, and output the generated invoice information to a printer;
- a release standby processing unit, executed by the processor, configured to generate release standby information including an image of the packaged item to which the invoice information is attached, captured by a second camera, and the invoice information generated in the invoice processing unit, and then store the generated release standby information in the storage unit;
- a release processing unit, executed by the processor, configured to, when information obtained by scanning the invoice information attached to the packaged item on standby to be released is input, generate surgical instrument release information including a release date and time, and the name and quantity of the surgical instruments included in the packaged item, and then store the generated surgical instrument release information in the storage unit;
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- an inventory information processing unit, executed by the processor, configured to calculate the type and quantity of surgical instruments currently remaining using the surgical instrument storage information and surgical instrument release information that are stored in the storage unit, generate inventory information, and then store the generated inventory information in the storage unit.
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A method of managing hospital surgical instruments, the method comprising:
- receiving surgical instrument storage information including identification information, name, and quantity of surgical instruments to be stored in a warehouse in a hospital and an input date and time and storing the generated surgical instrument storage information;
- receiving surgical instrument request information including name and quantity of surgical instruments and medical staff information that are transmitted from a department terminal or operating room terminal of a hospital, storing the received surgical instrument request information in a storage unit, generating a message that allows an administrator to recognize that new surgical instrument request information has arrived, and outputting the generated message;
- extracting an image consisting only of the identification information of the surgical instruments from an image of an entire area of a tray on which a plurality of surgical instruments are placed, captured by a first camera, then identifying the identification information of each surgical instrument from the extracted image consisting only of the identification information of the surgical instruments, detecting the name of the surgical instrument corresponding to the identification information of each surgical instrument from the storage unit, and then calculating the quantity of the surgical instruments placed on the tray using the number of pieces of identified identification information of the surgical instruments;
- determining whether the detected name and quantity of the surgical instruments match the name and quantity of the surgical instruments included in the surgical instrument request information, and outputting a result of the determination through sound or to a screen;
- firstly cleaning surgical instruments, by using a cleaning device, immersed in a cleaning solution or distilled water with ultrasonic waves, immersing the surgical instruments that have been firstly cleaned in ultrapure water, then cleaning the surgical instruments secondarily using nitrogen, and drying and sterilizing the surgical instruments that have been secondarily cleaned;
- packaging the surgical instruments, by using a packaging device, that have been cleaned, dried, and sterilized and making a single packaged item;
- generating invoice information that allows a person to identify the packaged item and outputting the generated invoice information to a printer;
- generating release standby information including an image of the packaged item to which the invoice information is attached, captured by a second camera, and the invoice information generated in the invoice processing unit, and then storing the generated release standby information in the storage unit;
- when information obtained by scanning the invoice information attached to a packaged item on standby to be released is input, generating surgical instrument release information including a release date and time, and the name and quantity of the surgical instruments included in the packaged item, and then storing the generated surgical instrument release information in the storage unit;
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- calculating the type and quantity of surgical instruments currently remaining using the surgical instrument storage information and surgical instrument release information that are stored in the storage unit, generating inventory information, and then storing the generated inventory information in the storage unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.