INSTRUMENT TRACKING AND INSTRUMENT INSPECTION FOR AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFYING MEDICAL/SURGICAL ITEMS

• Main Authors: HENKE, Matthias, JANSEN-TROY, Arne, KIESSLING, Daniel, GOERZ, Dennis, MAAS, Allan
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 17.01.2024
• Subjects: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONTECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING ORPROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTEDFOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS; PHYSICS

The present invention relates to an apparatus for automatically identifying medical and/or surgical items (1), comprising: a capturing device (2) which has at least one scanner unit (3) and a detector (4) and/or uses same such that medical and/or surgical items (1) are located between the scanner unit (3) and the detector (4) at least briefly during automated identification; and an imaging and computing unit (5) which is preferably located on/in a housing (10). The at least one scanner unit (3) is a source of electromagnetic radiation, and the computing and imaging unit (5) is provided and designed to detect and to output, preferably postoperatively and/or intraoperatively, the completeness of the medical and/or surgical items (1) and/or the absence of at least one medical and/or surgical item (1). The present invention also relates to an identification system.