IP Library Granted Patent US 11,583,459
Granted Patent B2
US 11,583,459 · App. 17/862,971 · Granted Feb 21, 2023

Relocation module and methods for surgical equipment

Inventors: Scott D. Augustine (Deephaven, MN); Susan D. Augustine (Deephaven, MN); Garrett J. Augustine (Deephaven, MN); Brent M. Augustine (Savage, MN); Ryan S. Augustine (Minneapolis, MN); Randall C. Arnold (Minnetonka, MN)
Assignee: Augustine Biomedical + Design, LLC
A61G13/108A61B50/13A61B50/15A61M16/06A61M16/18A61B46/10A61B90/50A61B2050/155A61M16/01B01D46/0093
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Patent No.
US 11,583,459
App. No.
17/862,971
Granted
Feb 21, 2023
Kind
B2
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.

Claims (49)

1. A module for housing electronic medical equipment, the module comprising:

a housing configured to house electronic medical equipment; and

a cowling that substantially confines the electronic medical equipment; and

a cord, cable and IV tubing management system located on a patient side of the module; and

the patient side of the module is configured to face a patient and provide the closest and most direct access to a patient when the module is positioned at the patient's side; and

one or more display screens that can be maneuvered into a position above the patient's head allowing a caregiver to observe the patient, the display screen and the surgery in a single field of vision.

2. The module of claim 1 , wherein the module includes at least one digital camera for generating dose event data and at least one physiologic monitor for generating response event data.

3. The module of claim 2 , wherein the module includes processing circuitry and software in electrical communication with the at least one digital camera and the at least one physiologic monitor.

4. The module of claim 3 , wherein the processing circuitry and software includes a system for automatically timestamping and recording data representing both dose events and response events.

5. The module of claim 4 , wherein the processing circuitry and software can temporally correlate the dose events and response events and artificial intelligence (AI) analytics can identify expected and unexpected physiologic responses to a given dose event.

6. The module of claim 5 , wherein the unexpected physiologic response may be no response to a narcotic administration dose event signaling the processing circuitry and software to flag the event as a possible substitution of saline for the narcotic by the caregiver.

7. The module of claim 6 , wherein the flagged events are recorded for each caregiver and when the number of similarly flagged events for any given caregiver reaches a threshold, management may be automatically notified so that the unexpected physiologic responses can be investigated.

8. The module of claim 5 , wherein processing circuitry and software including memories and databases in electrical communication with the processing circuitry that may do one or more of: receive physiological data, analyze physiological data, determine that physiological data is unexpected, create and send instructions to cause an alert to the provider or another user, or save a physiological event information to a storage device which may be a database.

9. The module of claim 3 , wherein data representing both dose events and response events are displayed on the one or more display screens.

10. The module of claim 5 , wherein data representing both dose events and unexpected response events are displayed on the one or more remote display screens to be used for one or more of remote supervision, remote consultation, remote monitoring or remote billing documentation.

11. The module of claim 3 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to receive dose event and response event data from electronic medical equipment housed in the module or electronic medical equipment in electrical communication with the processing circuitry of the module, wherein the data relates to one or more of but not limited to: physiologic monitors, fluid, gas and medication administration, ventilator settings, pressure off-loading, blood loss and urine output and anesthesia related events such as airway management.

12. A system for monitoring administration of IV medications, the system comprising:

at least one of a sensor configured to identify the IV medication, or an input configured to receive an identity of the IV medication;

a machine vision digital camera to capture an image of a syringe;

processing circuitry operably coupled to the sensor to receive the identity of the IV medication, the processing circuitry operably coupled to the machine vision digital camera to receive the captured image and determine a volume of medication administered from the syringe based on the image; and

a display operably coupled to the processing circuitry, the display configured to receive instructions from the processing circuitry to output the identity and determined volume of medication administered from the syringe.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the system includes at least one digital camera for generating dose event data and at least one physiologic monitor for generating response event data.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the system includes processing circuitry and software in electrical communication with the at least one digital camera and the at least one physiologic monitor.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the processing circuitry and software includes a system for automatically timestamping and recording data representing both dose events and response events.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the processing circuitry and software can temporally correlate the dose events and response events and artificial intelligence (AI) analytics can identify expected and unexpected physiologic responses to a given dose event.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the unexpected physiologic response may be no response to a narcotic administration dose event signaling the processing circuitry and software to flag the event as a possible substitution of saline for the narcotic by the caregiver.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the flagged events are recorded for each caregiver and when the number of similarly flagged events for any given caregiver reaches a threshold, management may be automatically notified so that the unexpected physiologic responses can be investigated.

19. The system of claim 16 , wherein processing circuitry and software including memories and databases in electrical communication with the processing circuitry may do one or more of: receive physiological data, analyze physiological data, determine that physiological data is unexpected, create and send instructions to cause an alert to the provider or another user, or save a physiological event information to a storage device which may be a database.

20. The system of claim 15 , wherein data representing both dose events and response events are displayed on the one or more display screens.

21. The system of claim 15 , wherein data representing both dose events and unexpected response events are displayed on the one or more remote display screens to be used for one or more of remote supervision, remote consultation, remote monitoring or remote billing documentation.

22. The system of claim 13 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to receive dose event and response event data from electronic medical equipment housed in the module or electronic medical equipment in electrical communication with the processing circuitry of the module, wherein the data relates to one or more of but not limited to: physiologic monitors, fluid, gas and medication administration, ventilator settings, pressure off-loading, blood loss and urine output and anesthesia related events such as airway management.

23. A module for acquiring and processing dose event and response event digital data, the module comprising:

one or more machine vision digital cameras for acquiring dose event data; and

one or more physiologic monitors for acquiring response event data; and

processing circuitry and software in electrical communication with the one or more machine vision digital cameras and the one or more physiologic monitors; and

the processing circuitry and software automatically adds timestamps to both the dose event data and the response event data allowing for temporal correlation of the dose events with the response events; wherein

the processing circuitry and software includes artificial intelligence (AI) analytics that can identify expected and unexpected physiologic responses to a given dose event.

24. The module of claim 23 , wherein the unexpected physiologic response may be no response to a narcotic administration dose event signaling the processing circuitry and software to flag the event as a possible substitution of saline for the narcotic by the caregiver.

25. The module of claim 24 , wherein the flagged events are recorded for each caregiver and when the number of similarly flagged events for any given caregiver reaches a threshold, management may be automatically notified so that the unexpected physiologic responses can be investigated.

26. The module of claim 23 , wherein processing circuitry and software including memories and databases in electrical communication with the processing circuitry may do one or more of: receive physiological data, analyze physiological data, determine that physiological data is unexpected, create and send instructions to cause an alert to the provider or another user, or save a physiological event information to a storage device which may be a database.

27. The module of claim 23 , wherein data representing both dose events and response events are displayed on the one or more display screens.

28. The module of claim 23 , wherein data representing both dose events and unexpected response events are displayed on the one or more remote display screens to be used for one or more of remote supervision, remote consultation, remote monitoring or remote billing documentation.

29. The module of claim 23 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to receive dose event and response event data from electronic medical equipment housed in the module or electronic medical equipment in electrical communication with the processing circuitry of the module, wherein the data relates to one or more of but not limited to: physiologic monitors, fluid, gas and medication administration, ventilator settings, pressure off-loading, blood loss and urine output and anesthesia related events such as airway management.

30. A system for acquiring and processing dose event and response event digital data, the module comprising:

one or more machine vision digital cameras for acquiring dose event data; and

one or more physiologic monitors for acquiring response event data; and

processing circuitry and software in electrical communication with the one or more machine vision digital cameras and the one or more physiologic monitors; and

the processing circuitry and software automatically adds timestamps to both the dose event data and the response event data allowing for temporal correlation of the dose events with the response events; wherein

the processing circuitry and software includes artificial intelligence (AI) analytics that can identify expected and unexpected physiologic responses to a given dose event and automatically alert a caregiver.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 12, 2022
From: AUGUSTINE, SCOTT D.; AUGUSTINE, SUSAN D.; AUGUSTINE, GARRETT J.; AUGUSTINE, BRENT M.; AUGUSTINE, RYAN S.; ARNOLD, RANDALL C.
To: AUGUSTINE BIOMEDICAL + DESIGN, LLC
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Continuity (6)
Continuation 17550611 · Dec 14, 2021
Continuation 17332523 · May 27, 2021
Continuation 17167681 · Feb 4, 2021
Continuation In Part 17092681 · Nov 9, 2020
Continuation 16879406 · May 20, 2020
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