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US 9,070,270 B2Granted
Methods, systems, and products for tracking surgical items
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsBarrett M. Kreiner, Jonathan L. Reeves
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and products track equipment used during surgical procedures. An allowable zone associated with a surgical procedure is identified. The allowable zone determines where surgical items may be used during the procedure. A location of a surgical item is determined. When the location is outside the allowable zone, an alarm is triggered to indicate the surgical item is moving outside the allowable zone towards an area in which the surgical item may not be used.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- identifying, via a computing device, an allowable zone in a patient's body based on a type of surgical procedure in which a surgical item is to be used;
- determining, via the computing device, a location of the surgical item;
- determining, via the computing device, when the location of the surgical item is outside the allowable zone;
- and
- triggering, via the computing device, an alarm to indicate that the surgical item is outside the allowable zone, when the location of the surgical item is outside the allowable zone.
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A system, comprising:
- a processor executing a program that causes the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- identifying an allowable zone in a patient's body based on a type of surgical procedure in which a surgical item is to be used;
- determining a location of the surgical item;
- determining the location is outside the allowable zone;
- and
- triggering an alarm to indicate the surgical item is outside the allowable zone.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.