WO2020149814A1 - Artificial intelligence based medical waste sorting system - Google Patents
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- This invention is about the artificial intelligence based medical waste sorting system enabling the automatization of classification of medical wastes that are generated during the operations made in hospitals, research facilities and laboratories when providing health services.
- Medical wastes arising from providing health services are consisted of all wastes that comes out during the operations made in hospitals, research facilities and laboratories. Waste management in medical institutions matters a lot by means of both the staff s and public health. As required by 2005 “medical waste control regulations medical institution sourced wastes are classified as domestic, medical (infectious, pathological, cutting-piercing), hazardous abd radioactive wastes. Medical wastes are specific wastes that should be collected seperately from others, disposed properly and cleared out safely.
- waste sorting is carried out manually to suitable waste bins by health staff to the extent of their knowledge and experiences, according to the rules defined by international standards.
- health service providers put additional workforce for waste sorting and get under stress in correct sorting. And this causes setbacks in health service providing and sometimes rebounds to patient as negative behaviour.
- continous audits carried out by the ministry of environment and urbanization and in case of nonconformities determined in these audits, capital penalty practices can be in extents that impact hospital economy.
- the invention is a pharmaceutical waste identifying system and it identifies the pharmaceutical waste data and the system offers a pharmaceutical waste dispoasl recommendation as a respond to the customer entering a medicine name.
- This invention is the artificial intelligence based medical waste sorting system and its’ characteristic is being a new technology that enables wastes to be correctly sorted and minimized at their sources, reduces waste disposal costs and can be easily manufactured.
- the invention ensures the automatization of classification of medical wastes that’s generated during the operations made in hospitals, research facilities and laboratories when providing health services.
- the invention creates a correct sorting and recording at source system for medical wastes. With its’ memory containing thousands of different waste types, definitions are being updated for every new material in renewing and changing health service providing.
- the invention has an artificial intelligence model that enables it to identify and recognize also the wastes thrown in the future by using the memory system it uses.
- the invention is placed on waste bins and estimates which waste belongs to which bin while wastes are thrown. It figures out which bin the identified waste belongs to, opens the lid of that bin and prevents others to open, this way it’s prevented for the waste to be thrown to wrong bin.
- the invention effortlessly ensures a scientifically correct sorting without stress. By preventing wrong throwns it significantly eases the waste management the hospitals are responsible for and the reduces the financial loss they have. With the help of correct sorting the stress and workload on the staff is being reduced, one-to-one contact as a result of occupational injuries is eliminated, cases of wrong thrown of wastes are minimized and problems arising from this are prevented.
- the invention also activates warning sensors to prevent waste bins to be filled more than 2/3.
- the invention gives a warning for emptiyng or replacement when the bin reaches the required fill rate and ensures the waste bin not to open.
- the records are kept in digital media and an hospital memory is created all across the hospital with a software.
- the invention consists of a record algorithm (1) enabling system memory to be created by recording various different forms of wastes generated in hospitals, a material update algorithm (2) enabling update of definitions for every new material in renewing and changing health service providing, an artificial intelligence algorithm (3) recognizing and sorting the thrown wastes with the help of recording algorithm (1) recording the wastes defined by material update algorithm (2) into the system, fill determination algorithm (4) giving emptying or replacement warning when the waste bin reaches required fill rate and ensuring the waste bin not to open and sharp tool warning algorithm (5) ensuring none of the sections of the waste bin are opening in a case of an improper waste being thrown to the waste bin such as injector with needle, serum kit with needle and the sharp tool to be moved away and made suitable for throwing by giving sharp tool warning.
- the invention has the record algorithm (1) that stores the waste data categorized by the system and ensures they’re kept in digital media.
- the invention has the artificial intelligence algorithm (3) that estimates the waste bin the thrown material belongs to while being thrown and ensures the designated waste bin lid to open.
- the basic elements consisiting the system subject to invention are record algorithm (1), material update algorithm (2), artificial intelligence algorithm (3) and fill determination algorithm (4).
- the invention creates a correct sorting at source and record system for medical wastes.
- a record algorithm (1) is constituted containing thousands of different waste forms generated in hospitals.
- the material update algorithm it includes the invention makes definition updates for every new material as a result of renewing and changing health service providing. And these newly added updates are included in record algorithm (1) and an artificial intelligence algorithm (3) was developed intended to identify and sort the wastes to be thrown in future.
- this developed artificial intelligence algorithm (3) was integrated to the device having a camera on it. This device is placed on waste bins and with the help of artificial intelligence algorithm (3) estimates which waste belongs to which bin while they’re thrown. This way it finds out to which bin the defined waste shall be thrown opens the lid of that bin and prevents the lids of other bins to open.
- the fill determination algorithm (4) it includes the invention activates the warning sensors to prevent more than 2/3 of bins to be filled.
- the device gives emptying or replacement warning and doesn’t open the waste bin.
- records are kept in digital media and an hospital memory is created all across the hospital with a software.
- the invention ensures none of the sections of the waste bin are opening in case of an improper waste being thrown such as injector with needle, serum kit with needle and the sharp tool to be moved away and made suitable for throwing by giving sharp tool warning.
Abstract
This invention is about the artificial intelligence based medical waste sorting system enabling the automatization of classification of medical wastes that are generated during the operations made in hospitals, research facilities and laboratories when providing health services and its' characteristic is being consisted of a record algorithm (1) enabling system memory to be created by recording various different forms of wastes generated in hospitals, a material update algorithm (2) enabling update of definitions for every new material in renewing and changing health service providing, an artificial intelligence algorithm (3) recognizing and sorting the thrown wastes with the help of recording algorithm (1) recording the wastes defined by material update algorithm (2) into the system, fill determination algorithm (4) giving emptying or replacement warning when the waste bin reaches required fill rate and ensuring the waste bin not to open and sharp tool warning algorithm (5) ensuring none of the sections of the waste bin are opening in a case of an improper waste being thrown to the waste bin such as injector with needle, serum kit with needle and the sharp tool to be moved away and made suitable for throwing by giving sharp tool warning.
Description
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BASED MEDICAL WASTE SORTING
SYSTEM
Technological Area:
This invention is about the artificial intelligence based medical waste sorting system enabling the automatization of classification of medical wastes that are generated during the operations made in hospitals, research facilities and laboratories when providing health services.
Current Situation of the Technique:
Medical wastes arising from providing health services are consisted of all wastes that comes out during the operations made in hospitals, research facilities and laboratories. Waste management in medical institutions matters a lot by means of both the staff s and public health. As required by 2005 “medical waste control regulations medical institution sourced wastes are classified as domestic, medical (infectious, pathological, cutting-piercing), hazardous abd radioactive wastes. Medical wastes are specific wastes that should be collected seperately from others, disposed properly and cleared out safely.
As is known today the financial source to ensure the sustainability of waste management system is the waste generators themselves. According to the“Polluter pays” principle every health facility is financially responsible of the management of the waste it generates. It’s very important in sustainable waste management system to properly sort the wastes reduce them in the source. As a result of non-proper sorting of wastes various occupational contacts and injuries may ocur.
In hte current situation of the technique despite waste management plan being meticulously applied and trainings being continously given in hospitals, the goals on
waste sorting and minimizing at source, can not be achieved. On the other hand, as a result of 3-5 TL disbursements per kg for waste disposal made in big hospitals generating 30-40 tons of waste each month, financial sustainability is getting more and more difficult especially for large scale hospitals.
In the current system waste sorting is carried out manually to suitable waste bins by health staff to the extent of their knowledge and experiences, according to the rules defined by international standards. There are many various health service providers that contribute to waste generation in hospitals. Altough there are trainings given to all health service providers it’s not fully possible to put these knowledge into practice at site and many mispractices are faced in waste sorting issue. In addition it’s not possible to track, record, supervise etc. all waste generators whether the sorting process is carried out correctly and there’s no chance of correcting individual mistakes with feedback. Together with the health services given during the intense work load, health service providers put additional workforce for waste sorting and get under stress in correct sorting. And this causes setbacks in health service providing and sometimes rebounds to patient as negative behaviour. Besides there are continous audits carried out by the ministry of environment and urbanization and in case of nonconformities determined in these audits, capital penalty practices can be in extents that impact hospital economy.
Even there are various applications made fo the purpose of overcoming the disadvantages mentioned above, the intended productivity could not be achieved.
In the patent application issue numbered US8706574B2 “Pharmaceutical waste identifying system” is described. The invention is a pharmaceutical waste identifying system and it identifies the pharmaceutical waste data and the system offers a pharmaceutical waste dispoasl recommendation as a respond to the customer entering a medicine name.
In the patent application issue numbered US8606596B1 “Medicine waste and data collection system” is described. The invention provides a medicine waste and data
collection system to track medicine containers, regarding medicine preperation and transfer procedures, medicine management and medicine waste disposal.
What’s considered above are medical wasste identifying systems. Said applications are not able to categorize medical wastes with various forms and doesn’t allow usage by all kinds of users in places having medical wastes such as hospitals.
As a result there’s a need for a new technology that enables wastes to be correctly sorted and minimized at their sources, reduces waste disposal costs, can be easily manufactured and which can overcome the disadvantages mentioned above.
The Invention Definition:
This invention is the artificial intelligence based medical waste sorting system and its’ characteristic is being a new technology that enables wastes to be correctly sorted and minimized at their sources, reduces waste disposal costs and can be easily manufactured.
In order to follow through all the purposes mentioned above and will be concluded from the detailed description below, the invention ensures the automatization of classification of medical wastes that’s generated during the operations made in hospitals, research facilities and laboratories when providing health services.
The invention creates a correct sorting and recording at source system for medical wastes. With its’ memory containing thousands of different waste types, definitions are being updated for every new material in renewing and changing health service providing. The invention has an artificial intelligence model that enables it to identify and recognize also the wastes thrown in the future by using the memory system it uses.
The invention is placed on waste bins and estimates which waste belongs to which bin while wastes are thrown. It figures out which bin the identified waste belongs to, opens
the lid of that bin and prevents others to open, this way it’s prevented for the waste to be thrown to wrong bin.
The invention effortlessly ensures a scientifically correct sorting without stress. By preventing wrong throwns it significantly eases the waste management the hospitals are responsible for and the reduces the financial loss they have. With the help of correct sorting the stress and workload on the staff is being reduced, one-to-one contact as a result of occupational injuries is eliminated, cases of wrong thrown of wastes are minimized and problems arising from this are prevented.
The invention also activates warning sensors to prevent waste bins to be filled more than 2/3. The invention gives a warning for emptiyng or replacement when the bin reaches the required fill rate and ensures the waste bin not to open. In addition the records are kept in digital media and an hospital memory is created all across the hospital with a software.
All the advantages of the method subject to invention will be understood clearer with the diagram given below and the detailed description written by referring this diagram so for this reason the assessment should be made considering this diagram and the detailed description.
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The invention will be described by referring the figures enclosed, this way the characteristics of the invention will be understood and assessed clearer, but this is not intended to limit the invention with this specific arrangements. Vice versa it’s intended to cover all alternatives, changes and equivalents which can be involved under the area the invention is defined in by the claims enclosed. It must be understood that the shown details are given only for the description of the preferred arrangements of the current invention and presented to provide the most utili sable and clear definition of both the formation of the methods and the rules and conceptual characteristics of the invention. In these figures;
Figure 1 Schematic view of the operation of the system.
The figures that will help out to understand this invention are numbered as specified in the enclosed figure and they’re given below by their names.
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1. Record Algorithm
2. Material Update Algorithm
3. Artificial Intelligence Algorithm
4. Fill Determination Algorithm
5. Sharp Tool Warning Algorithm
Description of Invention:
The invention consists of a record algorithm (1) enabling system memory to be created by recording various different forms of wastes generated in hospitals, a material update algorithm (2) enabling update of definitions for every new material in renewing and changing health service providing, an artificial intelligence algorithm (3) recognizing and sorting the thrown wastes with the help of recording algorithm (1) recording the wastes defined by material update algorithm (2) into the system, fill determination algorithm (4) giving emptying or replacement warning when the waste bin reaches required fill rate and ensuring the waste bin not to open and sharp tool warning algorithm (5) ensuring none of the sections of the waste bin are opening in a case of an improper waste being thrown to the waste bin such as injector with needle, serum kit with needle and the sharp tool to be moved away and made suitable for throwing by giving sharp tool warning.
The invention has the record algorithm (1) that stores the waste data categorized by the system and ensures they’re kept in digital media.
The invention has the artificial intelligence algorithm (3) that estimates the waste bin the thrown material belongs to while being thrown and ensures the designated waste bin lid to open.
Detailed Description of Invention:
The basic elements consisiting the system subject to invention are record algorithm (1), material update algorithm (2), artificial intelligence algorithm (3) and fill determination algorithm (4).
The invention creates a correct sorting at source and record system for medical wastes. With the system a record algorithm (1) is constituted containing thousands of different waste forms generated in hospitals. With the material update algorithm it includes the invention makes definition updates for every new material as a result of renewing and changing health service providing. And these newly added updates are included in record algorithm (1) and an artificial intelligence algorithm (3) was developed intended to identify and sort the wastes to be thrown in future. With the system this developed artificial intelligence algorithm (3) was integrated to the device having a camera on it. This device is placed on waste bins and with the help of artificial intelligence algorithm (3) estimates which waste belongs to which bin while they’re thrown. This way it finds out to which bin the defined waste shall be thrown opens the lid of that bin and prevents the lids of other bins to open.
With the fill determination algorithm (4) it includes the invention activates the warning sensors to prevent more than 2/3 of bins to be filled. When the bin reaches the required fill rate the device gives emptying or replacement warning and doesn’t open the waste bin. In addition records are kept in digital media and an hospital memory is created all across the hospital with a software.
With the sharp tool warning algorithm (5) the invention ensures none of the sections of the waste bin are opening in case of an improper waste being thrown such as injector with needle, serum kit with needle and the sharp tool to be moved away and made suitable for throwing by giving sharp tool warning.
Claims
1- The invention is about the artificial intelligence based medical waste sorting systemnad its’ characteristic is being consisted of;
- a record algorithm (1) enabling system memory to be created by recording various different forms of wastes generated in hospitals,
- a material update algorithm (2) enabling update of definitions for every new material in renewing and changing health service providing,
- an artificial intelligence algorithm (3) recognizing and sorting the thrown wastes with the help of recording algorithm (1) recording the wastes defined by material update algorithm (2) into the system,
- fill determination algorithm (4) giving emptying or replacement warning when the waste bin reaches required fill rate and ensuring the waste bin not to open,
- and sharp tool warning algorithm (5) ensuring none of the sections of the waste bin are opening in a case of an improper waste being thrown to the waste bin such as injector with needle, serum kit with needle and the sharp tool to be moved away and made suitable for throwing by giving sharp tool warning.
2- What’s mentioned in Claim 1 is the artificial intelligence based madical waste sorting system and its’ characteristic is involving the record algorithm (1) that stores the waste data categorized by the system and ensures they’re kept in digital media.
3- What’s mentioned in Claim 1 is the artificial intelligence based madical waste sorting system and its’ characteristic is involving the artificial intelligence algorithm (3) that estimates the waste bin the thrown material belongs to while being thrown and ensures the designated waste bin lid to open.
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