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US 2006/0149296 A1Published application
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OwnerSydney Stannersinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for preventing wrong-site surgery is designed to enable physicians, nurses and a patient to quickly and accurately select and record the patient diagnosis, procedure and correct anatomical site of their patient's upcoming surgery. The patient data is viewed by the surgical team on an operation monitor before beginning surgery to prevent wrong-site surgery.
Claims6
An apparatus for preventing wrong-site surgery comprising;
- a storing device for inputting information and medical histories of a patient;
- and
- a tattoo Stencil for marking the information and medical histories of the patient to patient's body.
A method for preventing wrong-site surgery comprising the steps of:
- inputting patient's information, medical history and diagnosis according to checklists from physicians to a storing device;
- affixing the data to the patient's body as a tattoo;
- transmitting the data from the storing device to a surgeon's electronic device;
- comparing the data received by the surgeon to the surgeon's opinion arrived at when the patient attends the pre-operation work-up;
- transferring the compared data if confirmed to the surgical team;
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- comparing the patient's tattoo to the data transferred to the surgical team as a final check to prevent wrong-site surgery.
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