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US 2015/0033128 A1Published application
Multi-Dimensional Surgical Safety Countermeasure System
AssigneeKarl Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc.
InventorsSteve Curd, Mark Heinemeyer, Victor Culafic
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Abstract
A multi-dimensional surgical safety countermeasure system and method for using automated checklists to provide information to surgical staff in a surgical procedure. The system and method involve using checklists and receiving commands through the prompts of the checklists to update the information displayed on the display to guide the performance of a medical procedure.
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A method for updating information on a display during a medical procedure, the method comprising:
- collecting data for a patient from at least one database;
- providing a checklist on a display, the checklist including prompts corresponding to particular stages of the medical procedure;
- populating the checklist with the data of the patient;
- receiving commands through the prompts of the checklist;
- and
- updating the information displayed on the display based upon the received commands, where the received commands correspond to a particular stage of the medical procedure.
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A system for updating information on a display in a medical operating room, the system comprising:
- a display, the display able to display data for a patient from at least one database;
- a checklist, the checklist displayed on the display, the checklist including prompts corresponding to particular stages of a medical procedure, the checklist being populated with the data of the patient;
- software executing on a processor, the software tracking the particular stage of the medical procedure via the checklist;
- and
- a receiver, the receiver receiving commands through the prompts of the checklist,
- wherein the software updates the information displayed on the display based upon the commands received related to the particular stage of the medical procedure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.