Efficient surgical center workflow procedures

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11989675-B2
Application number	US-202017062493-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 2, 2020
Priority date	May 17, 2016
Publication date	May 21, 2024
Grant date	May 21, 2024

Abstract

A method of providing a visual indication that information is being saved or broadcast includes providing at least one recording device for obtaining the information, providing a system for saving and/or broadcasting the information obtained from the at least one recording device, providing at least one monitor for viewing the information, providing a plurality of visual indications, and activating the plurality of visual indications when the information is being saved or broadcast.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of controlling distribution of patient information during a medical procedure on a patient, the method comprising, at a computing system and during the medical procedure on the patient:
receiving surgical images or video from at least one camera located in the medical room;
displaying patient information on at least one display located in the medical room, the patient information comprising the surgical images or video;
at least one of: (a) transmitting the patient information to at least one display located in a location other than the medical room, and (b) recording the patient information;
activating one or more visual indications located in the medical room when the patient information includes patient personal information that can identify the patient to notify the at least one medical personnel in the medical room that the patient personal information is being recorded and/or transmitted to the at least one display located in the location other than the medical room;
receiving a user command, responsive to the one or more visual indications, to cease the recording of the patient personal information and/or the transmitting of the patient personal information to the at least one display located in the location other than the medical room; and
in response to receiving the user command and while continuing to display the patient information, including the patient personal information, on the at least one display located in the medical room:
in accordance with the patient information being recorded, ceasing recording of the patient personal information while continuing to record the surgical images or video, and
in accordance with the patient information being transmitted to the at least one display located in the location other than the medical room, ceasing transmission of the patient personal information to the at least one display located in the location other than the medical room while continuing to transmit the surgical images or video to the at least one display located in the location other than the medical room; and
deactivating the one or more visual indications, thereby indicating to the at least one medical personnel in the medical room that the patient personal information is no longer being recorded and/or transmitted to the at least one display located in the location other than the medical room.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more visual indications are lights.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the lights are located on the at least one display in the medical room.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the lights are also located on at least one recording device in the medical room.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the lights are also located on the at least one camera.

6. The method of claim 2 , wherein the lights are located on the at least one recording device.

7. The method of claim 2 , wherein the lights are configured to illuminate at a plurality of colors.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein a first color of the plurality of colors indicates that the patient personal information is being recorded, and
a second color of the plurality of colors indicates that the patient personal information is being transmitted to the at least one display located in the location other than the medical room.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more visual indications are superimposed over an image on the at least one display in the medical room.

10. The method of claim 1 , comprising saving the patient information to a storage device located remotely from the medical room.

11. The method of claim 1 , comprising saving the patient information to at least one recording device located in the medical room.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user command is received from the at least one medical personnel located in the medical room.

13. The method of claim 1 , comprising, in response to receiving a subsequent user command, starting the recording and/or transmitting of the patient personal information.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the user command comprises one or more of an interaction with an icon on a graphical user interface (GUI) on the display in the medical room, an interaction with a button press, and a voice command.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one camera comprises at least one of a video camera, X-ray scanner, digital X-ray acquisition apparatus, fluoroscope, computed tomography (CT) scanner, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner, and ultrasound scanner.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the patient information is transmitted to the at least one display located in the location other than the medical room for teleconferencing.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein the location other than the medical room includes one or more of an operating room, a pathology lab, a hospital conference room, a hospital training room, a diagnosis room, and a patient room.

18. The method of claim 1 , wherein the patient personal information comprises text.

Assignees

• Stryker Corp

Inventors

• Paramasivan Ramanan
• Bailey Brian
• BHAT Suraj
• Chang William Huei Liang
• Feingold Benjamin H
• HANNING Steve
• Mahadik Amit
• Shen John T
• Vinjamuri Murthy

Classifications

• G06Q10/0633 Primary

  Workflow analysis · CPC title

• A61B17/00

  Surgical instruments, devices or methods (A61B18/00 takes precedence; dental tools A61C3/00; eye surgery A61F9/007; ear surgery A61F11/20) · CPC title

• G16H10/60

  for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records · CPC title

• G16H40/20

  for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms · CPC title

• A61B2017/00057

  Light · CPC title