Patent ID: 6139495
Filing Date: 2000-10-31
Classification: A61B,Y10S

Abstract:
A system for identifying medical events which have not been prescribed prior to performing the events on a patient, the system comprising:an identification device associated with a first patient, the identification device including a power source, a comparison device processor, a memory and a transponder linked to the source for power and linked to the memory to read data stored in the memory the transponder including a receiver, the memory including a patient specific valid events section which includes a list of valid events which have been prescribed for the first patient; andat least one specifying device including a power source and a transponder linked to the source for power, the specifying device transponder including a transmitter, the specifying device specifying a procedure to be performed on a patient, the procedure being a specified event;wherein, one of the identification device and the specifying device includes an indicator; andwherein, to initiate an identification process, the transmitter transmits an initial signal which is received by the receiver and, after the initial signal is received and during the identification process, the processor compares the specified event to the list of valid events and wherein, when the specified event is not a valid event, the processor causes the indicator to indicate that the specified event is an invalid event.