System and method for selecting a patient position and an equipment configuration for a medical procedure

Abstract

A system 10 for selecting a patient position 12, 14, 16 and an equipment configuration 18, 20 for a medical procedure is provided. The system 10 includes a controller 22, and a memory device 24 operative to store an application 26. The application 26 adapts the controller 22 to retrieve, from the memory device 24, one or more possible patient positions 28 for the medical procedure and one or morepossible equipment configurations 30 for the medical procedure. The application 26 further adapts the controller 22 to select, based at least in part on one or more parameters 32 of the medical procedure, a patient position 12 from the possible patient positions 28 and an equipment configuration 18 from the possible equipment configurations 30; and to generate an indicator 34, 36 that conveys theselected patient position 12 and the equipment configuration 18.

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technical field [0001] Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to medical diagnostic equipment and, more particularly, to systems and methods for selecting patient positions and equipment configurations for medical procedures. Background technique [0002] In the medical field, many pieces of robotic diagnostic equipment are typically deployed for use during patient care. During an examination of a patient, practitioners often use multiple pieces of equipment made by different manufacturers. In a typical arrangement, patient positioning equipment is combined with the use of diagnostic equipment (eg, mammography equipment, dental x-ray machines, endoscopes, ultrasound-guided biopsy practices, etc.). [0003] For example, the process of obtaining high-quality mammography images or biopsies from breast tissue often requires practitioners to coordinate the use of multiple pieces of equipment while ensuring proper patient positioning and equipment configuration. S...

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However, as will be appreciated, incorrect guesses / assumptions by the medical assistant may result in the need to reposition the medical equipment after the arrival of the patient and / or the operator performing the medical procedure, which in turn generally reduces the efficiency of the medical procedure, e.g., increasing the number of patients , medical assistants, and / or operators performing medical procedures must spend in the room

In some cases, incorrect positioning of the patient and / or configuration of the medical equipment may lead to a defect in the procedure, for example, the biopsy needle may not reach its intended target site and the procedure needs to be restarted / re-done

While many experienced medical assistants may be able to guess with high success the correct patient position and / or equipment configuration for a particular procedure, many inexperienced medical assistants will often guess wrong

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