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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2012
Applicant:
Elekta Ab, Stockholm, SE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Elekta AB, Stockholm, SE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2011.01); G06Q 50/22 (2012.01); A61N 5/10 (2006.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 50/22 (2013.01); A61N 5/1049 (2013.01); G06F 19/3481 (2013.01); G06K 7/10009 (2013.01);
Abstract
A workflow management system for radiotherapy treatment of a patient using radiotherapy equipment comprising: a patient radiofrequency identification (RFID) tag and a radiofrequency (RF) detection device, which provides a patient unique identifier matchable to a patient's treatment plan; a plurality of optical markers, wherein in at least one patient optical marker is positioned on the patient and at least one reference optical marker is positioned at a reference point on the radiotherapy equipment; an optical reader to detect each of the plurality of optical markers; wherein the system matches the patient's unique identifier to the patient treatment plan.