Systems and methods for automated control of medical instruments using artificial intelligence

Inventors

Budill, Stephen J. • Humason, Michael S. • Hameed, Salmaan

Assignees

BH2 Innovations Inc

Abstract

Disclosed is a system and method for assembling instrument sets that include correct instruments with one or more verified states for different procedures. The system may receive a request for a particular instrument, and may determine instrument states defined for the particular instrument or a procedure involving the particular instrument. The system may scan a first instrument using one or more sensors, may verify that the first instrument matches a make, model, or type of the particular instrument based on the scanning data, and may classify the first instrument states with at least a threshold probability based on the scanning data matching characteristics from a probabilistic model. The system may control the distribution of the first instrument to a first destination or a second destination based on whether or not the first instrument states satisfy the instrument states defined for the particular instrument or the procedure.

Core Innovation

The invention relates to an automated instrument control system for a medical center/site that receives a request to assemble an instrument set for a medical procedure. The system scans a particular instrument selected from a plurality of instruments using one or more sensors and generates scanned data. The scanned data are used to verify that the first instrument matches a make, model, or type of the particular instrument based on scanned data, including scanned identification data.

After verification, the system determines a set of instrument states defined for the particular instrument or a procedure involving the particular instrument. The system classifies one or more instrument states of the first instrument with at least a threshold probability based on the scanned data matching a set of characteristics from a probabilistic model. The probabilistic model includes different sets of characteristics that classify different instrument states with different probabilities, and the classification results are evaluated against the set of instrument states.

In response to the one or more instrument states satisfying the set of instrument states defined for the particular instrument or the procedure, the system controls distribution of the first instrument to a first destination associated with the procedure. In response to the one or more instrument states not satisfying the set of instrument states defined for the particular instrument or the procedure, the system controls distribution of the first instrument to a second destination different than the first destination. The described architecture and components include inventory tracking over time, database lookup, user interface messaging, and integrating subsystems for pre-procedure processing, procedure processing, cleaning, repair, and withdrawal.

Claims Coverage

Independent claims are directed to a method, a system, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium. Across these independent claims, there are five core inventive features: request-based instrument handling, sensor-based make/model/type verification, probabilistic instrument-state classification using a probabilistic model with different characteristic sets, and conditional control of distribution to first and second destinations based on whether classified states satisfy a defined set.

The independent claims cover receiving a request, scanning instruments with sensors, verifying make/model/type, classifying instrument states probabilistically with threshold probability using a probabilistic model with different characteristic sets, and controlling distribution to first versus second destinations based on whether the classified states satisfy a defined set for the instrument or procedure.

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