| US 9,808,549 B2 | ||
| System for detecting sterile field events and related methods | ||
| Gregory Welch, Longwood, FL (US); Arjun Nagendran, Orlando, FL (US); Jason Hochreiter, Cocoa, FL (US); Laura Gonzalez, Tampa, FL (US); and Hassan Foroosh, Orlando, FL (US) | ||
| Assigned to UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC., Orlando, FL (US) | ||
| Filed by UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC., Orlando, FL (US) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 23, 2015, as Appl. No. 14/757,450. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 62/096,619, filed on Dec. 24, 2014. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2016/0184469 A1, Jun. 30, 2016 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04N 5/228 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); A61L 2/28 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01) | ||
| CPC A61L 2/28 (2013.01) [A61B 5/002 (2013.01); G06K 9/00771 (2013.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); A61L 2202/14 (2013.01)] | 19 Claims |
| 1. A system for monitoring a sterile field associated with a medical procedure, the system comprising:
at least one sensor being adjacent an area where the medical procedure is to be performed;
said at least one sensor configured to monitor at least the area, a patient for the medical procedure, and a medical technician
for the medical procedure;
a processor coupled to said at least one sensor and configured to
generate a spatial model of the area, the spatial model comprising a plurality of elements,
generate a contamination probability value for each element of the spatial model, and
detect a sterile field event, and an associated location for the sterile field event; and
an output device coupled to said processor and configured to generate an alert indicator when the sterile field event is detected,
the alert indicator also including the associated location.
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