US 11,672,611 B2
Automatic identification of instruments
Joseph Moctezuma, Golden, CO (US); Craig Drager, Jacksonville, FL (US); Joseph Thomas Cilke, Broomfield, CO (US); Victor D. Snyder, Erie, CO (US); Wei-Shyang Yang, Lafayette, CO (US); Justin Kemp, Erie, CO (US); Andrew Wald, Denver, CO (US); Jerald Lamont Redmond, Germantown, TN (US); Shai Ronen, Louisville, CO (US); and Nikhil Mahendra, Broomfield, CO (US)
Assigned to Medtronic Navigation, Inc., Louisville, CO (US)
Filed by Medtronic Navigation, Inc., Louisville, CO (US)
Filed on Jun. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/346,911.
Application 17/346,911 is a continuation of application No. 16/725,661, filed on Dec. 23, 2019, granted, now 11,033,339.
Application 16/725,661 is a continuation of application No. 15/963,407, filed on Apr. 26, 2018, granted, now 10,517,680, issued on Dec. 31, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/491,599, filed on Apr. 28, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0298844 A1, Sep. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 90/98 (2016.01); A61B 90/96 (2016.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/92 (2016.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 90/94 (2016.01); G06V 10/44 (2022.01); G06V 20/00 (2022.01); G06F 18/2413 (2023.01); G06V 10/764 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01)
CPC A61B 34/20 (2016.02) [A61B 5/06 (2013.01); A61B 34/25 (2016.02); A61B 90/361 (2016.02); A61B 90/37 (2016.02); A61B 90/92 (2016.02); A61B 90/94 (2016.02); A61B 90/96 (2016.02); A61B 90/98 (2016.02); G06F 18/24133 (2023.01); G06V 10/454 (2022.01); G06V 10/764 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 20/00 (2022.01); A61B 2034/107 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2055 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2065 (2016.02); A61B 2034/254 (2016.02); A61B 2034/256 (2016.02); A61B 2090/365 (2016.02); A61B 2090/374 (2016.02); A61B 2090/376 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3762 (2016.02); G06V 2201/034 (2022.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system to evaluate instrumentation for use while performing a procedure, comprising:
an identification member associated with an instrument in an area;
an identification reader configured to receive an identification signal from the identification member and monitor a selected location of the instrument;
a transmission system configured to transmit a reader signal based on the identification signal relating to the instrument; and
a processor system to execute instructions to:
determine an instrument specific identity of the instrument and the selected location based on the read information;
output the instrument specific identity of the instrument; and
transmit information to and updating of an instrument management system based on the output of the instrument specific identity of the instrument and based on the determined selected location of the instrument.