306 results about "Nursemaids" patented technology

A medical swab pouch is disclosed. The inexpensive elastic pouch contains disinfectant and is configured for protecting and swabbing a wide variety of luer systems to prevent and eliminate bacterial contamination. The pouch has a flattened configuration and can be elastically dilated, as by squeezing the pouch between the thumb and index finger and is readily carried in large numbers in nurse's pockets (in a manner similar to that for conventional alcohol swabs). The pouch covers and protects the luer valve at the discretion of the user and without transmission of torsion or longitudinal force which might loosen the luer valve or otherwise be transmitted to the vein.

A system provides a daily workflow list that is tailored according to nurse tenure, experience, specialty, licensure and education, for example. An adaptive healthcare workflow and task management system includes a repository of first information indicating clinician tasks and related subtasks for performance by a clinician in providing a particular care service to a patient. The system includes a repository of second information indicating experience and qualifications of multiple different clinicians. A rules processor, in response to a particular clinician identifier and data identifying a clinician task to be performed by the particular clinician in providing a particular care service to a patient, employs the first and second information in adaptively determining a subtask related to the clinician task to be indicated to be performed by the particular clinician based on experience and qualifications of the particular clinician. An output processor provides data for reproduction and presentation to the particular clinician indicating the subtask related to the clinician task to be indicated to be performed by the particular clinician.

Disclosed is a method for managing medical information online, in which documents of various formats created by physicians during or after treatment, nursing notes created by nurses during or after nursing service, and other various notes or reports created by clinical laboratory staff during or after physical examinations performed on the patients are presented through a network and a variety of information input through the network is comprehensively managed to be later given users having access rights to the information, thereby enabling the users to share the variety of information.

A dispatch management computer system that integrates with an existing nurse call system for clinical workflow optimization and to create accountability for patient satisfaction and outcomes. The system integrates a “quarterback” (e.g., dispatcher) tablet with a custom dispatch application that presents a floor plan for tracking the RTLS position of staff members and to provide a visual indication of which room and bed the call originated from. When a patient requests assistance, the QB application presents an assessment of the patient needs and, if further assistance is required, provides the dispatcher tools for real time assignment of the appropriate staff member and dispatch to begin the task within a predetermined amount of time required to complete the task allocated. The system enables the prompt assignment of staff personnel and assures that a patient receives prompt staff attention.

The invention discloses a monitoring alarm system, belonging to the field of medical equipment. The system comprises an infusion alarm, a nurse call and a nurse workstation, wherein the infusion alarm is installed on an infusion device dropper, and the nurse workstation is provided with a setter and a coordinator. The setter is a communication hard-interface of the nurse workstation, and the coordinator is a lower computer of the nurse workstation. The nurse call is positioned on the body of a nurse. The monitoring alarm system adopts a parallel detection technology with two groups of sensors, can simultaneously analyze and detect limit of infusion ending and infusion speed, and provides a more complete safe detection range.

The invention relates to an infusion monitoring system and control method based on the medical internet of things. A distributed dynamic networking monitoring mode is adopted, and a nurse on duty at the nurse station can conduct manual regulation of the drip rate remotely through the control over a stepper motor; when the infusion is completed, an automatic blocking function is added so as to reduce the workload of the nurse. Compared with an existing hospital infusion monitoring system, a mobile phone client terminal facing the round nurse is added to the existing monitoring system on the PC terminal of the nurse station, and the ward, ward bed, drip rate and liquid level and other infusion information of a current infusion patient are displayed on the client terminal in real time; moreover, the safety of infusion can be ensured by scanning a bar code of a drug, meanwhile, patient information, infusion records, drug information and other data management functions are added to the monitoring system of the nurse station, and thus the efficiency is improved while standardized management is provided at the same time.

A monitor system of air conditioning in clean operating room at hospital is prepared as forming small-size of local area network by a set of nurse station host and control computers at each operating room for carrying out monitor and operation on state of operating room and for carrying resource-sharing and data-exchange with internal network of hospital as well as for carrying out communication with Internet to realize remote long-distance communication, using control computer in operating room to collect operating information and to carry out data-calling and resource-sharing with host.

Pathogen and chemical detection systems for use with a patient support apparatus and related methods are disclosed. A fluid or biologic sample from the vicinity of a person supported by a person support apparatus is acquired and transmitted to a pathogen detection sensor. A graphical caregiver interface is supplied output from the pathogen detection sensor and detects the presence of a chemical. The graphical caregiver interface communicates with an electronic medical records database, and alarm and a nurse call system.

A method of administering healthcare to patients with multiple integral diagnoses such that the clinical outcomes and health-related quality of life of said patients are improved while medical costs are minimized. A patient population is first identified. The population is then stratified into specific levels of intervention. Each individual patient is then assigned a Priority Care Nurse Manager who serves to establish communication between the patient, the patient's Primary Care Physician, and any healthcare providers. The most appropriate treatment plan is cooperatively developed and the patient receives treatment according to the plan. The most appropriate treatment may include home care and palliative measures. The patient may appoint a Health Care Agent to make medical decisions for the patient should the patient be unable to make decisions.

A person who is elderly, requires care, or an inpatient who is under the care by his or her family members, a nursing care worker, or a nurse in a hospital or medical institution must be monitored constantly, however the caregiver cannot be in attendance on the patient all the time. A biosignal intensity measuring method is provided to solve the above problem. According to the measuring method, output signals from a noninvasive sensor, which detects biosignals from a lying subject, are amplified and noises other than the biosignals are attenuated via a signal amplifying / shaping unit, and the amplified signals are controlled by an automatic gain control (AGC) unit to have sizes within a prescribed range, then parameters acquired by signal gains in a control circuit upon carrying out automatic gain control are output as the output signal intensity of the biosignals to calculate biosignal intensity. A bedding state monitoring method is also provided. According to the monitoring method, the calculated signal intensity is used to monitor the bedding state of the subject, such as a state of being in or out of bed, of weakening or stoppage of biosignals, of body motion, or the like.

The invention discloses an automatic transfusion monitoring warning system. Medicine personnel can monitor the transfusion states of a plurality of patients in a remote way in a nurse station, and in addition, the warning is given on a display screen during the patient transfusion completion. The transfusion monitoring warning system has the advantages that the warning effect is good, an electronic detection device does not need to be soaked into medicine liquid and is directly clamped onto a transfusion tube, the use is convenient, the design is ingenious, the implementation is easy, the technological content is high, an antitheft function is realized, the labor cost of medical personnel is saved, the unnecessary patient blood return, blood coagulation and tube blockage can be avoided, the circuit installation is not needed by the system, the system is directly used and independently operates, and the touch with other medical facilities is not needed. The system can also be used as a component to be integrated onto the existing circuit of the hospital, and the transfusion monitoring warning system is applicable to medical electronic product industry.

A communications system and protocol are described for wirelessly interconnecting a pair of bed and wall units that communicate the patient information, including bed exit alerts, from the patient supporting equipment to the hospital nurse call system. A linking procedure is provided for establishing a communications link to interconnect the pair of units, wherein the communications link fails upon detection of a third communications device simultaneously undergoing the link attempt mode. In one embodiment, the system provides for advanced collision detection by monitoring corruption of the end-of-packet byte within the periodic check-in message sequences between the linked units to prevent data corruption and future collisions. To ensure prompt interconnection of units, embodiments of the invention provide for a link reminder to alert the health care provider to initiate the steps for linking the bed and wall units whenever two or more unlinked units are in proximity.

The patient monitoring system comprises at least one load cell element (12) mounted in relation to a support surface, the load cell element (12) determining movement of a person on a support surface. The movement is determined based on a reference (31) measured using the load cell element (12) when the person is positioned on the support surface in a reference position and the subsequent load changes determined using the load cell element in relation to the reference. If the load change exceeds a pre-defined threshold, an alarm (18) is activated. The user is able to set the threshold value of the alarm system according to the physical condition of the patient. For example, in some cases it is necessary to he notified about any movements and in others only major movements are of interest. The patient monitoring system is able to provide a flexible means of monitoring of a patient by a nurse or carer.

A communications system and protocol are described for wirelessly interconnecting a pair of bed and wall units that communicate the patient information, including bed exit alerts, from the patient supporting equipment to the hospital nurse call system. A linking procedure is provided for establishing a communications link to interconnect the pair of units, wherein the communications link fails upon detection of a third communications device simultaneously undergoing the link attempt mode. In one embodiment, the system provides for advanced collision detection by monitoring corruption of the end-of-packet byte within the periodic check-in message sequences between the linked units to prevent data corruption and future collisions. To ensure prompt interconnection of units, embodiments of the invention provide for a link reminder to alert the health care provider to initiate the steps for linking the bed and wall units whenever two or more unlinked units are in proximity.

This invention provides, inter alia, a complement-inhibitor-based treatment plan coupled with a risk evaluation and management strategy (“REMS”) and a safety support program (“SSP”) for reinforcing the REMS. The REMS and SPP are implemented using one or more computer devices with software tools programmed to enforce conditions of the REMS and / or prompt follow-ups by registered nurses enrolled in the SSP. The software tool(s) determines whether a prescriber requesting the complement inhibitor has agreed to abide by the REMS, and can prompt a provider of the complement inhibitor to provide updated educational materials to the prescriber at predetermined times or intervals, to monitor the prescriber for compliance with the REMS, and / or to monitor patients for signs of adverse events. Using exemplary embodiments described herein, a risk of adverse events (especially, but not limited to, meningococcal infections) can be managed and an incidence of the adverse events can be reduced.

The invention discloses a machine vision-based infusion monitoring method, and is used for solving the problem that the intelligent degree of an existing monitoring system is not high. According to the method, an image of an infusion bottle is obtained through camera equipment; a central processing module analyzes the obtained image and works out the speed of the a liquid medicine during infusion,the worked-out speed of the liquid medicine is judged to judge whether the infusion speed is normal or not, and data is sent to a nurse monitoring terminal. The liquid drop condition is identified through machine vision, so that accuracy is high, and interconnection can be realized by transforming an image signal into an electrical signal; and wireless communication can be carried out for the data, and the data is uploaded to a cloud through the network, and thus, a nurse control board can conveniently monitor multiple infused patients simultaneously, and the labor intensity is greatly reduced.

A system and method are provided for providing an integration interface for event messages being sent between nurse call devices and interface devices outside of the nurse call system. The system includes an integration interface server disposed between the nurse call system and the interface devices. The integration interface server includes an integration engine that performs a translation process on event messages received at the integration interface server. The translation process translates the event messages such that they can be understood by either the nurse call system or the interface devices. Further, the translation process is based on whether the event message was originally created to be sent to the nurse call system or the interface devices. In this manner, the integration interface server is configured to provide a common interface to and from the nurse call system for a variety of interface device types.

The invention provides a nursing medical education platform, and the platform comprises a teaching interaction module which is used for achieving a nursing medical teaching interaction function between an education nurse and a clinical nurse; an online communication module used for realizing an online communication function between educational nurses and clinical nurses; a homework test module used for realizing the function that educational nurses publish nursing medical homework and tests to clinical nurses so as to assess the scores of the clinical nurses; and a statistical evaluation module used for carrying out statistics and evaluation on the teaching interaction module, the online communication module and the homework test module. The nursing medical education platform meets the requirements of nursing medical education at any time and any place, integrates four core functions of interaction teaching, online communication, homework test and statistical evaluation, can train andexamine nursing personnel, and is convenient and fast.

An infusion apparatus capable of preventing blood from flowing back through sustained release of a micropore passageway comprises a drip chamber (1), wherein a floating body (2) is arranged in the drip chamber (1). The infusion apparatus is characterized in that the micropore passageway (3) which is communicated with a drip tube (9) connected with the drip chamber is arranged on the lower portion of the drip chamber (1). The infusion apparatus has the advantages that by utilizing a fiber stick as the medium, air pressure and residual liquid in the drip chamber are guaranteed to be communicated with liquid in the drip tube and blood pressure of the human body all the time, air is prevented from flowing into and out of the drip tube, liquid is guaranteed to drop out of the drip chamber in a certain period of time, the blood of the human body is prevented from flowing back in a certain period of time, more time is saved for a nurse, the nurse can freely replace an infusion bottle, and the apparatus is simple in structure, safe to use, good in trail effect in hospitals, and capable of delaying the blood return time by at least 15 minutes.

Apparatus and method for preloading an intraocular lens in a component of an injector device. The intraocular lens is positioned in a shuttle which is sealed in a vial of storage solution. The vial cover is releasably attached to the shuttle. At the time of use, the surgeon opens the vial by removing the cover and shuttle together from the vial. While holding the cover, the surgeon or nurse attaches the shuttle to the proximal body section whereupon the vial cover is released from the shuttle. The distal nozzle section is then attached to the proximal body section which completes the device assembly. The plunger is advanced to express the IOL from the distal tip of the distal section.

The invention discloses a patient nursing auxiliary system based on the Internet of Things. The patient nursing auxiliary system comprises a response system and a calling terminal. The calling terminal is provided with a slow and urgent detection module used for identifying the pressing state of the calling key and an Internet of Things detection terminal used for monitoring the state of a patient and the environment. When it is detected that the calling key is continuously pressed and the time interval of pressing the key twice is smaller than a continuous threshold Tc, a high-level call state is sent at the moment. When the calling key is independently pressed down, a common-level calling state is sent at the moment. When the calling key is in a long-time pressed state or a discontinuous pressed state and the key is not triggered at the same time, a confirmation-level calling state is sent at the moment. The requirements of the patient can be recognized in real time, whether the patient needs to be subjected to emergency nursing operation or not is judged, and the corresponding nurse or the nearby nurse is arranged to nurse the patient, so that the efficiency of nursing work is improved, the quality of nursing service is improved, and the probability of emergency situations of the patient due to untimely nursing is reduced.

The invention relates to plaster bandage water injection equipment, in particular to plaster bandage water injection equipment for orthopedic limb fixation, and aims to solve the technical problem about how to provide plaster bandage water injection equipment, which prevents a nurse from stretching one hand into water to extrude a plaster bandage, for orthopedic limb fixation. To solve the technical problem, the plaster bandage water injection equipment for orthopedic limb fixation is provided and comprises a water tank, a clamping mechanism and a pressing mechanism, wherein the lower part ofone side of the water tank is connected with a drain valve; the clamping mechanism is installed on one side of the end of the water tank; and the pressing mechanism is mounted on the clamping mechanism. The clamping mechanism can clamp the plaster bandage and also carry the plaster bandage into the water tank for soaking, the pressing mechanism can repeatedly extrude the plaster bandage, so that bubbles in the plaster bandage can be discharged quickly, the nurse is not required to stretch one hand into water to extrude the plaster bandage, and time and labor can be saved.

The invention relates to a bottle opener, and in particular relates to a medical ampoule bottle opener. The medical ampoule bottle opener which is more convenient to use, high in safety and capable ofautomatically collecting waste is provided. The medical ampoule bottle opener comprises a shell, a drawer being arranged between lower portions of two sides of the inner wall of the shell in a sliding mode, and containing grooves being formed in two sides in the drawer; a waste groove, formed in a side portion of the inner wall of the shell, a waste box used for collecting waste being arranged onone side of the shell in a sliding mode and located below the waste groove. cutting devices, arranged on two sides of the inner wall of the shell, the cutting devices being arranged above the drawer;and bottle opening devices, arranged on two sides of the bottom in the shell. Through cooperation of the cutting device, the bottle opening device, a driving device and a reinforcing device, the ampoule bottle can be automatically scratched and breaks off, a nurse does not need to break off the head of the ampoule bottle with hands, the hands of the nurse are prevented from being hurt, and safetyis improved.

The invention relates to an adult simple breathing training balloon and a using method thereof. The training balloon comprises a one-way exhaust valve, a safety valve, a balloon main body and an air inlet valve, wherein the one-way exhaust valve is arranged at one end of the balloon main body, the safety valve is arranged between the one-way exhaust valve and the balloon main body, and the air inlet valve is arranged at the other end of the balloon main body, and the duckbill arranged on the one-way exhaust valve is directly connected with the tracheal cannula of a patient. The adult simple breathing training balloon is directly connected with the tracheal cannula of a patient, by pressing the balloon, the therapist or the nurse can perform the breathing training for the patient with clearconsciousness, and can directly carry out the lung breathing training for patients with unconsciousness by observing the breathing situation of the patient.

A nurse call system includes a nurse call slave device, a nurse call master device, a plate slave device, a bedside monitor, a corridor light, a control unit, and nurse mobile phones. The nurse call slave device is provided for each bed in a hospital room for allowing a hospitalized patient to call a nurse. The nurse call master device is provided at a nurse station for answering a call from the nurse call slave device. The plate slave device, the corridor light, or the control unit has an automatic answering unit for automatically answering a call from the nurse call slave device, and causes the automatic answering unit to automatically answer at least a part of calls from the nurse call slave device without calling the nurse call master device and the nurse mobile phones.

The invention relates to an auxiliary chair, in particular to an infusion auxiliary chair for medical pediatrics. The infusion auxiliary chair for medical pediatrics can automatically clamp the hand of a child and limit the body of the child, and is easy and convenient to operate. The infusion auxiliary chair for medical pediatrics comprises bases, guide rods and first springs, the two bases are each provided with the two guide rods, a supporting mechanism is connected between the four guide rods in a sliding mode, the four guide rods are wound with the first springs, the tops of the first springs are connected with the supporting mechanism, the bottoms of the first springs are connected with the bases, and a translation mechanism is arranged on the supporting mechanism. According to the chair, the auxiliary mechanism is arranged, the translation mechanism operates to drive the auxiliary mechanism to operate, then the clamping mechanism operates, the hand of a child is clamped, the automatic clamping effect is achieved, the limiting mechanism is arranged, a nurse operates the limiting mechanism, then the child is limited, and therefore the child can be prevented from sliding off from the second bottom plate during infusion.

The invention provides a transfusion system and method with nurse station remote monitoring and patient monitoring. The system comprises a data collecting terminal, a mobile terminal and an intelligent transfusion communication gateway. The data collecting terminal is used for collection of data of a transfusion process and data of the vital signs of a patient; the mobile terminal is used for receiving and displaying the data collected by the data collecting terminal; the intelligent transfusion communication gateway is used for receiving the data collected by the data collecting terminal and uploading the data to a cloud server, and the received data is sent to a nurse station server by the cloud server. By means of the system and method, transfusion situation data of the patient can be monitored in real time, and the transfusion system with nurse station remote monitoring and patient monitoring is provided at the same time.

The invention discloses a multifunctional limb trauma first-aid fixing device for the orthopedics department. The fixing table comprises a fixing table body, supporting frames and a transverse plate;supporting frames are fixedly connected to the left side and the right side of the top end of the fixing table body; the transverse plate is fixedly connected between the two supporting frames; a transmission mechanism is arranged at the bottom end of the transverse plate; a sliding mechanism is arranged in the supporting frame; a clamping mechanism is arranged at the top end of the fixing table body; a pressing mechanism is arranged at the bottom end of the transverse plate; a linkage mechanism is arranged at the top end of the fixing table body; and an extrusion mechanism is arranged at thebottom end of the transverse plate. The invention solves the problem that a nurse often needs to press an affected part of a patient for hemostasis for a long time when the patient is subjected to first-aid transfer, the hemostatic effect is poor, and hands of the nurse are prone to paralysis due to long-time pressing. The clamping and fixing effect of the device is guaranteed, and the device candisinfect and stop bleeding of affected parts during fixing, so that labor force of medical staff is saved, and wound infection is avoided.

The invention discloses a nurse scheduling system information platform for an inpatient area. The nurse scheduling system information platform comprises: a nurse information acquisition module for acquiring name and mobile phone number information of nurses, and a scheduling generation module for automatically scheduling the acquired name and the mobile phone number information of each nurse, wherein the nurse information acquisition module and the scheduling generation module are sequentially connected. According to the invention, according to information input by nurses, a scheduling table can be automatically generated and is displayed on a display device, so that medical staff can conveniently and clearly know the scheduling condition of the medical staff in time; in the case of dealing with temporary ask-for-leave, after system auditing, the scheduling table is automatically generated again, and the modified scheduling situation can be automatically updated through the schedulinggeneration module, so that error rate is reduced, personnel expenditure is reduced, labor intensity is reduced, and scheduling efficiency is improved; and according to different on-duty conditions, the system can automatically update information for the same specific on-duty department after data is automatically input, so that the working efficiency of nurses is greatly improved, and the satisfaction degree of the nurses is also improved.

The invention relates to a comprehensive recovery device for waste garbage of a nurse station. The comprehensive recovery device comprises a recovery cabinet as well as a waste syringe treatment mechanism, a waste infusion bag treatment mechanism and a waste cotton swab treatment mechanism which are arranged on the recovery cabinet, wherein the recovery cabinet comprises a cabinet body, the insideof the cabinet body is divided into three chambers through a T-shaped partition board, and the waste syringe treatment mechanism, the waste infusion bag treatment mechanism and the waste cotton swabtreatment mechanism are arranged in the three chambers respectively. According to the comprehensive recovery device for waste garbage of the nurse station, waste syringes can be destroyed and dismantled by the waste syringe treatment mechanism, the dismantled syringe needles and needle tube parts are collected respectively, infusion bags can be dismantled by the waste infusion bag treatment mechanism, and dismantled bag bodies and rubber plugs are connected respectively; and waste cotton swabs can be disinfected by the waste cotton swab treatment mechanism, the disinfected cotton swabs are notprone to breeding bacteria during temporary storage and cannot be produce peculiar smell, and the environment of the nurse station is prevented from being polluted by the disinfected cotton swabs.