JP2005102803A - Leaving object accident preventing medical appliance and system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medical appliance such as a gauze with a means of transmitting through a human body and being surely detected and to provide a leaving object accident preventing system using the medical appliance. <P>SOLUTION: This leaving object accident preventing system includes an operating table 31, a machine table 32, a gauze counter 33, a display 34, a portable RFID tag search device 35, and readers/writers incorporated under the operating table 31, the machine table 32 and the gauze counter 33. The reader/writer and the portable RFID tag search device 35 are provided with antennas and transreceivers and reads/writes information of the RFID tag attached to the gauze and the appliance via the antennas and the transreceivers; and the information is processed by a computer and displayed on the display 34. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a medical instrument for preventing a residual accident in which a medical instrument is left in the body during a surgical operation and a residual accident prevention system using the medical instrument.

  There are many medical accidents in which foreign bodies such as gauze are forgotten in the body after surgery in the hospital, and the establishment of a system to prevent the remaining accidents where medical instruments are left in the body during such surgery It is also desired. Examples of medical instruments left in the body in a residual accident include a wide variety of instruments such as a gauze, a suture needle, a cotton ball, a tube, a rubber tube, a screw, and a forceps. In particular, the number of gauze used for surgery in the core hospital is several hundred thousand units per year, so the number of remaining gauze accidents is the highest.

  In order to prevent such a residual accident, according to the prior art, medical instruments such as gauze and instruments are counted. For example, the gauze is manually counted before and after the operation, and the instrument is compared with the number prepared before the operation is cleaned after the operation is completed. Here, “surgical field” is a term indicating an incision site of a human body at the time of surgery. However, since counting is performed manually, a counting error may occur. Also, if sufficient manpower cannot be secured, attention may be dispersed and accidents such as surgical mistakes may occur. Furthermore, in order not to lose sight of the gauze placed in the body, a gauze with a handle is used for placement in the body such as compression hemostasis. At that time, the gauze handle is always taken out of the wound as a mark of the gauze placed in the body, which makes the operation difficult. Furthermore, X-ray imaging and CT scan are performed at the end of the surgical operation (mostly after closing) to confirm the presence or absence of a remnant. However, since non-metallic instruments and materials are not reflected in X-rays, it is necessary to use medical instruments such as a dispagase containing radiopaque rays. This confirmation by X-ray imaging forces the patient to be exposed to X-rays, and may be overlooked depending on imaging conditions and interpretation techniques. Since such a check by X-ray imaging is usually after closing, if a remnant is confirmed, restarting is necessary. In addition, these preventive devices consume manpower of operating room staff, which can lead to an extended operation time, which can also compromise patient safety.

  In order to reduce the burden of such manual confirmation work and confirmation work by X-ray photography, according to the prior art, a case counter is generally used for gauze, but the gauze is loosened so that the instrument can be read without error. Requires human resources and skills. Furthermore, it is a material for electronic metal detectors and magnetic anti-theft tags that use the principle of eddy current, which is attached to surgical gauze by weaving several metal materials for detection. There are electronic hand detectors for detecting soft magnetic materials and those that detect them in a non-contact manner (for example, see Patent Document 1). However, management of surgical instruments other than gauze relies entirely on human hands.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-277082

  However, according to the prior art, it is clear from the recent frequent occurrence of medical accidents that there is a limit to preventing the remaining of surgical instruments such as gauze and forceps with a gauze counter or manually. Furthermore, it was impossible to detect 100% of the metal material attached to the surgical gauze remaining in the body with an electronic metal detector or a magnetic antitheft detector. In order to perform reliable detection, there is a method of attaching X-ray metal to gauze, etc., and confirming with X-ray / CT scan after surgery, but this forces patients to be exposed to X-rays. Since there was an oversight due to the interpretation technology, an alternative method was required. Moreover, in the prior art, since each medical instrument was not distinguished and was counted with the donburi account, the remnant was not known unless it was an operation to complete the counting. Therefore, the present invention provides a medical device such as gauze that has a means that can penetrate the human body and reliably detect it, and that can be individually identified, and a residual accident using such a medical device. The purpose is to provide a prevention system.

  According to the present invention, a medical instrument for preventing a residual accident left in the body during a surgical operation, and information can be read and written in a non-contact manner by wireless communication in order to individually identify the medical instrument. There is provided a medical instrument characterized in that a simple RFID tag is attached.

The medical device may be a gauze or a forceps. Alternatively, it may be instruments and materials that may be left in the body during a surgical operation, such as a suture needle, a cotton ball, a tube, a rubber tube, and a screw.

  In addition, according to the present invention, in a system for preventing a residual accident in which a medical instrument is left in the body at the time of a surgical operation, it is possible to read and write information without contact by wireless communication in order to individually identify the medical instrument A medical device to which an RFID tag is attached; an information read / write unit that reads and writes information from and to the RFID tag; and an information processing unit that is connected to the information read / write unit and processes read information and write information There is provided a residual accident prevention system which is connected to the information processing means and comprises display means for displaying read information and written information.

  The information read / write means may include an antenna and a transceiver built in the surgical bed, or may include an antenna and a transceiver built in the instrument table device, in order to eliminate the blind spot of the antenna, It may include a plurality of antennas and a transmitter / receiver, or may include an antenna and a transmitter / receiver built in the gauze counter device. Furthermore, the information read / write means may include an antenna and a transmitter / receiver built in a material that covers the patient's body during surgery.

  The information read / write means, the information processing means, and the display means may constitute a portable tag search device.

  Furthermore, in the medical instrument and the remaining accident prevention system, the communication frequency of the RFID tag is preferably a frequency of 120 to 150 KHz, more preferably 125 KHz, which passes through the human body. Moreover, it is preferable that the RFID tag is attached in the form of a biocompatible resin containing one or a plurality of RFID tags. Polypropylene may be used as this biocompatible resin. Moreover, you may attach RFID to several places of a medical device. Further, in the residual accident prevention system, the information read / write means may include an antenna scanner.

  According to the present invention, an RFID tag capable of reading and writing information in a contactless manner by wireless communication is attached to the medical device in order to individually identify the medical device. By incorporating it into a system consisting of information reading / writing means, information processing means and display means, the history of bringing in and taking out instruments and materials to the operating room is recorded in real time throughout the surgical operation period. Can monitor at any time. Further, the number of manpower required for the conventional gauze count can be greatly reduced, and the exposure caused by the conventional X-ray photography can be eliminated. In addition, in the unlikely event of a leftover accident, a collection operation can be guided using a portable tag search device. Further, by including an antenna scanner, it is possible to easily detect the position of the remaining position. In particular, by setting the communication frequency of the RFID tag to a frequency of 120 to 150 KHz, preferably 125 KHz, that can pass through the human body, it is possible to obtain a detection performance that is significantly superior to that based on detection of a conventional metal material. it can.

  In order to detect a medical instrument inserted into the body, it is necessary to detect through a human body, which is a conductor, and within a practical effective range (about 30 to 50 cm). By using an RFID tag that uses a frequency, such a condition can be satisfied, and therefore, a remaining medical instrument can be reliably detected. In addition, by using a biocompatible resin as a material for the RFID tag, it can withstand sterilization, does not fall off after being mounted, has no biotoxicity when left behind, is difficult to decompose, and has good processability Is obtained. Moreover, the effect of eliminating the antenna blind spot of RFID can be obtained by attaching the RFID to a plurality of locations on the medical instrument. Furthermore, by introducing RFID, it is checked in real time whether the surgical instrument enters and exits the surgical field, and when and in which surgical scene the surgical instrument is used is recorded, even if it remains, a clue to discover This makes it possible to safely carry out the recovery operation of the remaining instruments.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a detection system using a general RFID tag applicable to the residual accident prevention system of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the detection system includes an RFID tag 1, a reader / writer 2, and a computer 3 with a display. The RFID tag 1 includes an RFID chip 4, an RFID chip coil 5, a tuning capacitor 6, and a smoothing capacitor 7. The reader / writer 2 includes a reader / writer (RW) controller 8 and an antenna 9. The reader / writer 2 constitutes information writing means of the present invention, and the computer with a display constitutes information processing means and display means of the present invention.

  FIG. 2 shows an example in which an RFID tag is attached to the medical instrument of the present invention. In FIG. 2A, 21 is a 5 cm square patterned gauze. In FIG. 2 (B), reference numeral 22 denotes a 1 cm square patterned cotton strip (bem sheets). In FIG. 2C, reference numeral 23 denotes a forceps (Kochel). The RFID tag is in the form of an article marker M including a plurality of RFID tags, and is attached to the handle portion of the gauze 21 or the small cotton strip 22, that is, the string portion, or an appropriate portion of the forceps 23. In order to minimize the blind spot of the reader / writer antenna, a plurality of the article markers M are preferably attached as in the case where they are attached to the gauze 21 and the forceps 23. As this attachment method, for example, there are a method of processing and weaving an RFID tag into a string, and a method of sewing the tag into the string and attaching the string to the gauze. As the RFID tag, a stick type having a diameter of 5 mm and a length of 30 mm or a coin type having a diameter of about 20 mm is used.

  FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing a state of the operating room in which the residual accident prevention system of the present invention is installed, and an instrument table 32, a gauze counter 33 and a display 34 are arranged around the operating table 31. . Further, a portable RFID tag search device 35 is also installed. The operating table 31 is a table on which a patient is placed and performs an operation. As shown in FIG. 4, a reader / writer 2 including an antenna and a transceiver is built under the operating table 31. . The instrument table 32 is a table on which a variety of instruments used for surgery are placed. The gauze counter 33 is a table on which gauze is placed in order to count gauze. As shown in FIG. 5, a reader / writer 2 including an antenna and a transmitter / receiver is also built under the instrument table 32 or the gauze counter 33. Information from the transceiver of the reader / writer and information to the transceiver are processed by the computer C and displayed on the display 34. In FIG. 4, the reader / writer 2 including an antenna and a transmitter / receiver is installed not only under the operating table 31 but also over the operating table 31, so that gauze and instruments remaining in the body can be removed. It comes to detect reliably. In FIG. 4, the reader / writer 2 installed on the operating table 31 may be incorporated in an appropriate material such as a top covering the patient's body during surgery. In FIG. 3, S indicates the position of the antenna built in the operating table 31, the instrument table 32, and the gauze counter 33, that is, the effective area of the antenna.

  FIG. 6 shows an antenna configuration used for the reader / writer 2 built in the operating table 31, the instrument table 32, and the gauze counter 33. In FIG. 6, the antenna 9 includes a plurality of RW antenna elements and is connected to the RW controller 8. The antenna 9 constitutes an antenna scanner when used together with the circuit configuration of the RW controller as shown in FIG. By processing such scanned information using an antenna scan by a computer, it is easy to identify the position of a medical instrument such as gauze left in the patient's body placed on the operating table 31 and to identify the article. Yes. Further, the position of the instrument and gauze placed on the instrument table 32 and the gauze counter 33 and the identification of the article can be easily performed. FIG. 8 shows a circuit configuration of the portable RFID tag search device 35. The portable RFID tag search device 35 includes a display and a keyboard in addition to the circuit configuration of the reader / writer 2, and can process and display information.

  Next, a procedure for using the remaining accident prevention system of the present invention will be described. First, when bringing medical instruments such as instruments and materials into the operating room, the medical instruments are registered. For example, when arranging the instruments on the instrument table, the antenna effective area (S in FIG. 3) is passed and the type and quantity of the instrument items are recorded. The antenna effective area should be specified. The antenna brought in the effective area of the antenna is detected by the antenna installed on the operating table and notified by a beep sound, an article display, or the like. Record items taken out in the same way. The type and quantity of discarded gauze are recorded by the antenna installed in the gauze counter. During the surgery, check the counts at breaks. Be sure to check the count especially before closing.

It is the schematic of the detection system using a general RFID tag applicable to the residual accident prevention system of this invention. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is the schematic which shows the example of mounting | wearing of the RFID tag in the medical device for residual accident prevention of this invention, (A), (B) and (C) show a gauze, a small piece of cotton, and forceps, respectively. It is the schematic which shows the mode of the operating room where the residual accident prevention system of this invention is arrange | positioned. It is the schematic which shows the operating table in the residual accident prevention system of this invention. It is the schematic which shows the machine stand or gauze counter in the residual accident prevention system of this invention. It is the schematic which shows the structure of the RW antenna in the residual accident prevention system of this invention. It is the schematic which shows the circuit structure of the controller for RW in the residual accident prevention system of this invention. It is the schematic which shows the circuit structure of the portable RFID tag search apparatus in the residual accident prevention system of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 RFID tag 2 Reader / writer 3 Computer with display 4 RFID chip 5 Coil for RFID chip 6 Tuning capacitor 7 Smoothing capacitor 21 Gauze with handle 22 Small cotton pieces 23 Forceps 31 Operating table 32 Instrument table 33 Gauze counter 34 Display 35 Mobile RFID tag search device C Computer S Effective area of antenna

Claims (18)

  A medical device for preventing a residual accident that remains in the body during a surgical operation, and an RFID tag capable of reading and writing information in a non-contact manner by wireless communication is attached in order to individually identify the medical device. A medical device characterized by that.   The medical device according to claim 1, wherein the medical device is a gauze.   The medical instrument according to claim 1, wherein the medical instrument is a forceps.   The medical device according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of the RFID tags are attached.   The medical device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the RFID tag is formed of a biocompatible resin.   The medical instrument according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a communication frequency of the RFID tag is a frequency that can be transmitted through a human body.   The medical device according to claim 6, wherein a communication frequency of the RFID tag is 120 to 150 KHz.   The medical instrument according to claim 7, wherein a communication frequency of the RFID tag is 125 KHz.   In a system for preventing a remnant accident in which a medical device is left in the body during a surgical operation, a medical device to which an RFID tag capable of reading and writing information in a contactless manner by wireless communication is attached in order to individually identify the medical device. A device, an information read / write means for reading and writing information to and from the RFID tag, an information processing means connected to the information read / write means for processing read information and write information, and connected to the information processing means. A residual accident prevention system comprising display means for displaying information read and written information.   The residual accident prevention system according to claim 9, wherein the information read / write unit includes an antenna and a transmitter / receiver built in a surgical bed.   The residual accident prevention system according to any one of claims 9 to 10, wherein the information read / write means includes an antenna and a transmitter / receiver built in the instrument table device.   The residual accident prevention system according to any one of claims 9 to 11, wherein the information read / write means includes an antenna and a transmitter / receiver incorporated in a gauze counter device.   The residual accident prevention system according to any one of claims 9 to 12, wherein the information read / write means includes an antenna and a transmitter / receiver built in a material covering a patient's body during surgery.   The residual accident prevention system according to any one of claims 9 to 13, wherein the information read / write means, the information processing means, and the display means constitute a portable tag search device.   15. The residual accident prevention system according to claim 9, wherein the information read / write means includes an antenna scanner.   The medical instrument according to any one of claims 9 to 15, wherein a communication frequency of the RFID tag is a frequency that can be transmitted through a human body.   The medical instrument according to claim 16, wherein a communication frequency of the RFID tag is 120 to 150 KHz.   The residual accident prevention system according to claim 17, wherein a communication frequency of the RFID tag is 125 KHz.

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