# US 2013/0159015 A1 · Surgery monitor system

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- Number: US 2013/0159015 A1
- Document ID: US20130159015A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/329,642
- Filed: 2011-12-19
- Published: 2013-06-20
- Earliest claimed: 2011-12-19
- Inventors: Charles David O'CON
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130159015A1

## CPC

- G16H 10/65: stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD
- G16H 20/40: relating to mechanical, radiation or invasive therapies, e.g. surgery, laser therapy, dialysis or acupuncture
- G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA

## Abstract

A surgery monitor system and method for preventing wrong site surgery is disclosed. The first embodiment of the surgery monitor system is comprised of a portable storage device such as an SD card attached to a patient armband. A recording device connected to the smart card by a cable records patient identification indicia recorded by the patient and/or others as well as surgery related information such as patient related health issues, surgery body location, and type of surgery. The recorded information may then be played back by a playback device during subsequent steps of the operation preparation, execution, and post-operative events. Alternate embodiments are presented, including use of a smartphone type device that reads identification barcodes on the patient armband, records and plays back the patient recording and stores the recorded information using an encrypted wireless connection to a server.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A surgery monitor system for preventing wrong site medical procedures on a patient wearing a patient armband, said patient armband having patient identification indicia, said surgery monitor system comprising:
a portable storage device, said portable storage device being capable of storing patient multimedia data;
a recording device, said recording device being operationally connectable to said portable storage device;
a securing device attachable to said patient armband, said securing device also attachable to said portable storage device;
a playback device for playing back said patient multimedia data, said playback device being operationally connectable to said portable storage device
whereby said surgery monitor system is capable of recording said patient multimedia data during a first event, and additionally said surgery monitor system is capable of playing back said patient multimedia data during a second event.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The surgery monitor system of claim 1 further comprising at least one cable that operationally connects said portable storage device to said recording device and additionally at least one of said cables operationally connects said portable storage device to said playback device.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The surgery monitor system of claim 1 wherein said patient multimedia data is selected from a group consisting of patient name, patient date of birth, type of medical procedure, body location of medical procedure, patient allergies, patient health problems, patient image, and a combination thereof.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The surgery monitor system of claim 1 wherein said recording device is selected from a group consisting of a picture recording device, a video recording device, an audio recording device, and a combination thereof.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The surgery monitor system of claim 1 wherein said playback device is selected from a group consisting of a picture display device, a video playback device, an audio playback device, and a combination thereof.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The surgery monitor system of claim 1 wherein said portable storage device is selected from a group consisting of a thumb drive, a magnetic card strip, a CD-RW disk, a DVD-RW disk, a smart card, a memory chip, an SD card, and a combination thereof.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The surgery monitor system of claim 1 wherein said patient multimedia data is recordable by a group consisting of said patient, an admissions clerk, a patient caregiver, a patient nurse, and a combination thereof.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The surgery monitor system of claim 1 wherein said portable storage device has storage identification indicia that correlates with said patient identification indicia.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The surgery monitor system of claim 1 additionally comprising said patient armband and wherein said portable storage device is permanently attached to said patient armband.

### Claim 10

A method for a surgical team preventing wrong site medical procedures on a patient wearing a patient armband, said patient armband having patient identification indicia, said method comprised of
a. providing a surgery monitor system having:
a portable storage device, said portable storage device being capable of storing patient multimedia data;
a recording device, said recording device being operationally connectable to said portable storage device;
a securing device attachable to said patient armband, said securing device also attachable to said portable storage device;
a playback device for playing back said patient multimedia data; said playback device being operationally connectable to said portable storage device;
a first cable for operationally connecting said recording device to said portable storage device;
a second cable for operationally connecting said recording device to said playback device;
whereby said surgery monitor system is capable of making a recording of patient multimedia data during a first event, and additionally said surgery monitor system is capable of playing back said patient multimedia data during a second event; and whereby said multimedia data correlates with said patient identification indicia;
b. performing the steps of:
acquiring a first list of questions to ask said patient, and a second list of preparation procedures where reviewing said patient multimedia data are to be performed;
attaching said portable storage device to said patient armband;
operationally connecting said portable storage device to said recording device;
asking questions from said first list of questions and recording responses;
disconnecting said first cable from said portable storage device for each preparation procedure on said second list:
connecting said portable storage device to said playback device using said second cable if said second cable is not already connected,
verifying said preparation procedure is consistent with said patient multimedia data,
if said preparation procedure is not consistent with said patient multimedia data, then fixing and repeating said preparation procedure,
prior to surgery start, said surgical team verifies said preparation procedure is consistent with said patient multimedia data.

### Claim 11

A surgery monitor system for preventing wrong site medical procedures on a patient wearing a patient armband, said patient armband having a patient identification barcode that uniquely identifies said patient, said surgery monitor system comprising:
a smartphone type device, said smartphone type device additionally comprising a multimedia recorder, said multimedia recorder also comprising a first barcode scanner wherein said smartphone type device is capable of performing a barcode scan reading said patient identification barcode, said multimedia recorder additionally capable of recording said patient multimedia data;
a multimedia network server;
a wireless, encrypted two-way connection between said smartphone type device and said multimedia network server wherein said recorded patient multimedia data may be stored on said multimedia network server and uniquely identified by said patient identification barcode;
a playback device, said playback device being capable of wireless, encrypted two-way connection between said multimedia network server and said playback device,
said playback device additionally comprising a second barcode scanner wherein said second barcode scanner being additionally capable of reading said patient identification barcode thereby identifying said patient,
said playback device capable of playing back said recorded multimedia data uniquely identified by said patient identification barcode, said recorded multimedia data transmitted from said multimedia network server via said wireless, encrypted two-way connection.