Patent ID: 6830180
Filing Date: 2004-12-14
Classification: A61N,G06K,G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
A method of verification of an identity of a patient and of a medical treatment to be delivered to the patient, said method comprising:entering into a computer controlled system a patient identifier which identifies the patient to which a medical treatment is to be delivered; generating a characteristic audio signal, previously assigned to the patient and stored by the system, in response to the entering of the patient identifier when there is a match between the entered patient identifier and a stored identifier for the patient stored by the system; checking the medical treatment to be delivered to the patient identified by the patient identifier; and depending on the results of the checking of the medical treatment to be delivered, (i) delivering the medical treatment or (ii) temporarily withholding delivery of the medical treatment if a problem is noted in said checking of the medical treatment to be delivered.