Sterile Zone Tracking With Skeletal Pose Alerts in Procedure Rooms
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods fail to holistically address adverse patient outcomes in medical environments by combining sensor-based and data-driven systems to optimize interventions, leading to over 250,000 deaths annually in the United States.
Innovation Solution
A system combining multiple sensors and AI algorithms to track and evaluate medical personnel and environmental conditions in real-time, using stereographic cameras, thermal imaging, and ultra-wide band sensors, along with AI models for detecting and preventing adverse events.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If traditional simulated medical procedures are used for training, then training can be conducted, but the evaluation accuracy of medical staff performance is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional simulated mechanical training procedures with an AI-based visual analysis system that uses cameras and machine learning algorithms to automatically evaluate medical staff performance during real procedures, substituting physical simulation with intelligent digital assessment
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements real-time feedback by continuously analyzing video feeds of medical procedures, comparing actual actions against best practices, and providing immediate performance evaluation to medical staff, enabling continuous improvement through actionable insights
2Measurement precision
If multiple sensors and AI algorithms are deployed to track medical personnel and environmental conditions, then real-time evaluation accuracy improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a multi-functional integrated system where a single AI platform processes data from multiple sensor types (cameras, microphones, environmental sensors) to simultaneously perform personnel tracking, environmental monitoring, performance evaluation, and anomaly detection, reducing overall system complexity through consolidation
Solution Approach 2:
The system merges multiple independent monitoring functions into a unified AI-driven platform that combines visual recognition, audio analysis, and environmental sensing into a single coordinated system for comprehensive procedure tracking and evaluation
3Difficulty of detecting and measuring
If comprehensive sensor-based tracking is implemented to monitor sterile zones and personnel movement, then detection capability improves, but computational requirements and processing time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-defining sterile zones, personnel roles, and procedural protocols before procedures begin, enabling real-time automated decision-making during procedures without requiring complex computational analysis of every movement
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the operating room into defined functional zones (sterile zones, non-sterile zones, personnel areas) and uses AI to independently track and evaluate activities in each zone, reducing overall computational complexity through spatial decomposition
Data Source
AI summary
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for tracking performance of medical procedures. The process includes identifying a sterile zone within video feeds of a medical procedure room, where the sterile zone includes a region of pixels that define a three-dimensional physical space. Identifying humans in the room and classifying each identified human as being permitted or not permitted to enter the sterile zone. Generating a skeletal poise model and using the skeletal poise model in correlation with the sensor data to track movement of the human's limbs with respect to the sterile zone. Determining that at least a portion of a skeletal poise model of at least one human classified as not being permitted to enter the sterile zone crossed a boundary of the sterile zone, and in response, causing an alert to be presented on at least one display device located within the medical procedure room.