System, apparatus for use in a sterile field and method for tracking, confirming and storing patient and procedure information using a unique device identifier associated with a medical device
US9805162B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 24, 2016 |
| Grant date | Oct 31, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 24, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG16H70/20
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
This invention provides a data processing system located within a sterile field. The data processing system includes the elements of a computer with an image capture device configured to acquire information related to a unique device identifier positioned on a medical device located within a sterile field and a sterile enclosure configured to contain the computer with an imaging device. This invention, in one embodiment, provides a system for tracking, confirming and storing patient and procedure intimation using a unique device identifier hereinafter “a UDI”.
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