US 2019/0102520 A1 · SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING THE PHYSICAL CONTACT EVENTS IN A HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT, AND USE OF THE HUMAN BODY AS A MEANS FOR TRANSMITTING AN IDENTIFICATION SIGNAL IN A SYSTEM FOR DETECTING THE PHYSICAL CONTACT EVENTS IN A HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT

System and method for detecting the physical contact events in a hospital environment, and use of the human body as a means for transmitting an identification signal in a system for detecting the physical contact events in a hospital environment

AssigneesSociedade Beneficente Israelita Brasileira Hospital Albert Einstein, I-HealthSys Produtos Médicos Ltda—ME

InventorsAlexandre Rodrigues MARRA, Marcelo PRADO, Renaldo MASSINI JUNIOR, Guilherme MACHADO GAGLIARDI, Tales Roberto DE SOUZA SANTINI, Alvaro COSTA NETO

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Abstract

One describes a system for detecting the physical contact events in a hospital environment (4,4′), wherein the system comprises: at least one transmitting and receiving device (2,2′) associated to a user (3,3′) of the hospital environment (4,4′), a plurality of identifying devices (5) associated to a plurality of articles (6, 7, 8, 9, 10) arranged in the hospital environment (4,4′). The system for detecting the physical contact events in a hospital environment is configured to generate a cleaning signal (90) if the user (3,3′) of the hospital environment (4,4′) establishes physical contact with at least one of the articles (6, 7, 8, 9, 10) arranged in the hospital environment (4,4′). Additionally, the cleaning signal (90) is generated if physical contact is established between different users (3,3′) of the hospital environment (4,4′). One further approaches a method of detecting physical contact events in a hospital environment.

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Dependent claims

A system for detecting physical contact events in a hospital environment (4,4′) wherein the system is characterized by comprising:

at least a transmitting and receiving device (2,2′) associated to at least one user (3,3′) of the hospital environment (4,4′),
at least one identifying device (5) associated to at least one article (6, 7, 8, 9, 10) arranged in the hospital environment (4,4′),
the system for detecting the physical contact events in a hospital environment (4,4′) being configured to generate a cleaning signal (90) if the user (3,3′) of the hospital environment (4,4′) establishes physical contact with at least one of the articles (6, 7, 8, 9, 10) arranged in the hospital environment (4,4′).

A method of detecting the physical contact events in a hospital environment (4,4′) comprising:

at least one transmitting and receiving device (2,2′) associated to at least one user (3,3′) of the hospital environment (4,4′),
at least one identifying device (5) associated to at least one article (6, 7, 8, 9, 10) arranged in the hospital environment (4,4′), wherein the method is characterized by comprising at least one of the following steps:
generating a cleaning signal (90) if the user (3,3′) of the hospital environment (4,4′) establishes physical contact with at least one of the articles (6, 7, 8, 9, 10) arranged in the hospital environment (4,4′), and
generating the cleaning signal (90) if physical contact is established between different users (3,3′) of the hospital environment (4,4′).

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Use of the human body as transmission means (80,80′) for transmission of an identification signal (60) in a system for detecting physical contact events in a hospital environment (4,4′), wherein the hospital environment (4,4′) comprises:

at least one transmitting and receiving device (2,2′) associated to at least one user (3,3′) of the hospital environment (4,4′),
at least one identifying device (5) associated to at least one article (6, 7, 8, 9, 10) arranged in the hospital environment (4,4′), wherein the use of the human body as transmission means (80,80′) to transmit the identification signal (60) is characterized in that it occurs due to at least one of:
the generation of the identification signal (60) due to the occurrence of a physical contact between the user (3,3′) and at least one of the articles (6, 7, 8, 9, 10) arranged in the hospital environment (4,4′), and the generation of the identification signal (60) due to the occurrence of a physical contact between different users (3,3′) of the hospital environment (4,4′).

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.