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Method and equipment configured for verifying presence of a medical implant within a patient

OwnerMark Andrus Floodinventor

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Abstract

A system comprises means for authenticating an identity of a medical implant patient using at least a portion of information provided on an identification card and means for displaying an image showing a medical implant as actually implanted within the medical implant patient and an image showing an implant operation scar of the medical implant patient resulting from actual implantation of the medical implant therein thereby allowing the displayed image of the medical implant to be visually compared against a corresponding image provided on the identification card and allowing verification that the medical implant patient has a scar thereon appearing the same as the image showing the implant operation scar of the medical implant patient resulting from actual implantation of the medical implant. Displaying the images is performed in response to successfully authenticating the identity of the medical implant verification patient.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A system configured verifying presence of a medical implant implanted within a medical implant patient, comprising:

at least one data processing device;
instructions processable by said at least one data processing device;
and
an apparatus from which said instructions are accessible by said at least one data processing device;
wherein said instructions are configured for causing said at least one data processing device to carry out operations for:
authenticating an identity of a medical implant patient using at least a portion of information accessed from an identification card;
and
displaying an image showing a medical implant as actually implanted within the medical implant patient and an image showing an implant operation scar of the medical implant patient resulting from actual implantation of the medical implant therein thereby allowing said displayed image of the medical implant to be visually compared against a corresponding image provided on the identification card while the image showing the medical implant as actually implanted within the medical implant patient is being displayed and allowing verification that the medical implant patient has a scar thereon appearing the same as the image showing the implant operation scar of the medical implant patient resulting from actual implantation of the medical implant, wherein displaying said images is performed in response to successfully authenticating the identity of the medical implant verification patient using said information accessed from the identification card.

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A method configured verifying presence of a medical implant implanted within a medical implant patient, comprising:

at least one data processing device accessing, from memory coupled to said at least one data processing device, instructions causing said at least one data processing device to authenticate an identity of the medical implant patient using information accessed from an identification card;
and
said at least one data processing device accessing, from said memory, instructions causing said at least one data processing device to display an image showing a medical implant as actually implanted within the medical implant patient and an image showing an implant operation scar of the medical implant patient resulting from actual implantation of the medical implant therein thereby allowing said displayed image of the medical implant to be visually compared against a corresponding image provided on the identification card while the image showing the medical implant as actually implanted within the medical implant patient is being displayed and allowing verification that the medical implant patient has a scar thereon appearing the same as the image showing the implant operation scar of the medical implant patient resulting from actual implantation of the medical implant, wherein causing said at least one data processing device to display said images is performed in response to the identity of the medical implant verification patient being successfully authenticated using said information accessed from the identification card.

A non-transient computer-readable medium having tangibly embodied thereon and accessible therefrom a set of instructions interpretable by at least one data processing device, said set of instructions configured for causing said at least one data processing device to carry out operations for:

authenticating an identity of a medical implant patient using information accessed from an identification card;
and
displaying an image showing a medical implant as actually implanted within the medical implant patient and an image showing an implant operation scar of the medical implant patient resulting from actual implantation of the medical implant therein thereby allowing said displayed image of the medical implant to be visually compared against a corresponding image provided on the identification card while the image showing the medical implant as actually implanted within the medical implant patient is being displayed and allowing verification that the medical implant patient has a scar thereon appearing the same as the image showing the implant operation scar of the medical implant patient resulting from actual implantation of the medical implant, wherein displaying said images is performed in response to successfully authenticating the identity of the medical implant verification patient using said information accessed from the identification card.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 12/657,544Filed 22 Jan 2010 · continuation
Priority: 18 Feb 2003
Published: US 2010/0127074 A127 May 2010
Granted: 6 Sep 2011
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

G06Q 40/08
Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes: insurance
G07C 9/37
In combination with an identity check: using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition
G16H 10/60
ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of patient-related medical or healthcare data: for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic…
G16H 10/65
For patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records: stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD

Family

Application10/369,254Parent of this continuation · filed 18 Feb 2003
US 2010/0127074 A1Pre-grant publication · published 27 May 2010
US 7,676,385 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2004/0172286 A1Published application
US 8,015,029 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.