Relocation module and methods for surgical equipment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023346621-A1
Application number	US-202318203936-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 31, 2023
Priority date	Mar 26, 2018
Publication date	Nov 2, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

Modules for housing electronic and electromechanical medical equipment including a system to measure and record administration of one or more IV medications or fluids for IV administration.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An automated data consolidation module comprising:
a module; one or more machine vision digital cameras configured to generate dose event images and response event images; and processing circuitry and software in electrical communication with the one or more electronic and electromechanical medical equipment items and the one or more machine vision digital cameras, the processing circuitry and software configured to receive data produced by the one or more electronic and electromechanical medical equipment items and the one or more machine vision digital cameras, the data including dose event data based on the dose event images and response event data based on the response event images; wherein the data is automatically delivered to the processing circuitry, and wherein the processing circuitry and software are configured to automatically add timestamps to the dose event data the response event data and store the dose event data and the response event data to a database.

2 . The automated data consolidation module of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to temporally correlate the dose event data and the response event data using the timestamps prior to storage of the dose event data and the response event data.

3 . The automated data consolidation module of claim 1 , wherein the response event data recorded includes data representing, with respect to a patient: smiling, grimacing, lacrimation, coughing, skin color changes, remote plethysmography, movement, restlessness or getting out of bed without assistance, changes in a breathing pattern, or changes in mood.

4 . The automated data consolidation module of claim 3 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to perform remote plethysmography (rPPG) using the response event data to remotely monitor vital signs including heart rate, respiration rate, blood oxygenation saturation, or temperature using visible light and Red Green Blue (RBG) cameras or using near-infrared light (NIR) and NIR cameras.

5 . The automated data consolidation module of claim 3 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to perform remote plethysmography (rPPG) using the response event data to remotely measure blood components using visible light and Red Green Blue (RBG) cameras or using near-infrared light (NIR) and NIR cameras.

6 . The automated data consolidation module of claim 1 , wherein the response event data recorded by the one or more machine vision digital cameras includes AI recognition and identification of patient moods.

7 . The automated data consolidation module of claim 1 , comprising light sources configured to produce visible light or near-infrared light (NIR), the light sources attached to the module above a head of a patient while the patient is laying on a surgical table or a hospital bed, optimizing a digital image by optimizing the visible light or the near-infrared light (NIR) for a Red Green Blue (RBG) camera or NIR camera.

8 . The automated data consolidation module of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry and software are configured to structure and organize consolidated data based on the data from the one or more electronic and electromechanical medical equipment items and the one or more machine vision digital cameras.

9 . The automated data consolidation module of claim 1 , wherein the dose event data includes video observation of a patient with artificial intelligence (AI) and/or machine learning (ML) analysis to produce dose analysis data that represents, with respect to the patient: intubation, mask ventilation, pulmonary percussion, airway suctioning, feeding, repositioning the patient, or assisting the patient.

10 . An automated data consolidation module comprising:
a module configured to support one or more electronic and electromechanical medical equipment items; one or more digital cameras configured to generate dose event data and response event data based on imagery observed by the one or more digital cameras; and processing circuitry in electrical communication with the one or more electronic and electromechanical medical equipment items and the one or more digital cameras, the processing circuitry configured to receive digital data produced by the one or more electronic and electromechanical medical equipment items and receive the dose event data and the response event data; wherein at least one of the one or more digital cameras is mounted to the module by a movable arm configured to position the one or more digital cameras above a face of a patient when the patient is laying supine on a surgical table or a hospital bed; and wherein the digital data is automatically delivered to the processing circuitry, wherein the processing circuitry and software are configured to automatically add timestamps to the digital data, the dose event data, and the response event data, and wherein the processing circuitry is configured to save the dose event data and the response event data to a database for temporal correlation of the dose events and response events during big data analytics or clinical decision support functions.

11 . The automated data consolidation module of claim 10 , wherein the dose event data includes AI and/or ML analysis of the dose event data to produce dose event analysis regarding the patient, indicative of: intubation, mask ventilation, pulmonary percussion, airway suctioning, feeding, repositioning the patient, or assisting the patient.

12 . The automated data consolidation module of claim 10 , wherein the response event data recorded by the one or more digital cameras is indicative of, with regard to the patient: smiling, grimacing, lacrimation (tearing), coughing, skin color changes, remote plethysmography, movement, restlessness or getting out of bed without assistance, change in a breathing pattern, or change in mood.

13 . The automated data consolidation module of claim 12 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to perform remote plethysmography (rPPG) to remotely monitor vital signs o the patient including heart rate, respiration rate, blood oxygenation saturation, or temperature using visible light and Red Green Blue (RBG) cameras or using near-infrared light (NIR) and NIR cameras.

14 . The automated data consolidation module of claim 12 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to perform remote plethysmography (rPPG) to remotely measure blood components such as blood glucose and hemoglobin levels using visible light and Red Green Blue (RBG) cameras or using near-infrared light (NIR) and NIR cameras.

15 . The automated data consolidation module of claim 10 , wherein the processing circuitry and software is configured to perform AI recognition and identification of patient moods based on the response event data.

16 . The automated data consolidation module of claim 10 , comprising light sources including visible light or near-infrared light (NIR) that are attached to the movable arm, the movable arm configured to position the light sources directly above a head of a patient when the patient is laying on a surgical table or a hospital bed, optimizing a digital image by optimizing the visible light or the NIR for a Red Green Blue (RBG) camera or an NIR camera, respectively.

17 . The automated data consolidation module of claim 10 , wherein the processing circuitry and software is configured to structure and organize data from the one or more electronic and electromechanical medical equipment items and the one or more digital cameras to produced consolidated data to populate a big data database for

Assignees

• Augustine Biomedical Design Llc

Inventors

• Augustine Scott D
• Augustine Susan D
• Augustine Garrett J
• Augustine Brent M
• Augustine Ryan S
• Arnold Randall C

Classifications

• A61G13/108 Primary

  Means providing sterile air at a surgical operation table or area (treatment rooms A61G10/00; instruments or implements for sterile operation A61B90/00; sterilisation of air A61L9/00; purification of air in air-conditioning systems F24F3/16, F24F8/00) · CPC title

• A61B50/13

  Trolleys{, e.g. carts} · CPC title

• A61B50/15

  Mayo stands; Tables · CPC title

• A61M16/06

  Respiratory or anaesthetic masks · CPC title

• A61M16/18

  Vaporising devices for anaesthetic preparations · CPC title