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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2010
Robert A. Neff, Penn Valley, PA (US);
Robert A. Neff, Penn Valley, PA (US);
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Abstract
A system associates a patient and patient identifier with a medical device and includes an interface. The interface acquires data representing an image of a patient in a care setting and showing a medical device in the vicinity of the patient and acquires data identifying the patient. An image data processor analyzes the acquired data representing the image to identify the medical device type by, analyzing the acquired data to determine a shape of the medical device, comparing the determined shape of the medical device with predetermined template shapes of known device types and identifying the medical device type in response to the shape comparison indicating a shape match. A data processor associates the identified medical device type with the data identifying the patient. An output processor initiates generation of data indicating an association of the identified medical device type with the data identifying the patient.