Launched new version of SurgiChip that automatically records surgical procedures
chrispeng [ad_1]
SurgiChip is a set of RFID system developed by AMTSystems, which is used to automatically record surgical procedures and avoid medical accidents. After InfoLogix purchased AMTSystems a year ago, it started to improve SurgiChip and released the latest version of the solution recently. The new solution includes ISO 15693 standard, embedded passive 13.56 MHz RFID chip, one-time label, an RFID label printer, a handheld RFID reader (transmitting data through a wireless local area connection) and a Web software ( View and analyze the collected label data and the patient data corresponding to the label).
SurgiChip can automate surgical documentation to ensure that each patient receives the most appropriate treatment. The hospital currently records the surgical procedures manually. When a certain procedure of the operation is completed, the medical staff use a purple marker to sign the patient directly, said David Gulian, President of InfoLogix.
SurgiChip automated surgical documentation to avoid surgical errors
This manual marking method is extremely error-prone, says David Gulian. In Pennsylvania, more than 170 medical incidents involving “wrong location of the operation” occurred in the hospital in 30 months.
The purpose of using SurgiChip is to eliminate these errors. The label size is 2 inches * 2 inches, and a unique ID number, patient’s name, surgical procedure and any other necessary information are stored and printed on the surface. All this information is encrypted and stored in the back-end database of the company headquarters.
Label the patient’s body where the surgery is to be performed. Before the operation, nurses and anesthesiologists used RFID readers to write information on the tags and recorded their processes on the patient. The doctor records the beginning and end of the operation in the same way. All RFID data can be obtained through WEB software, which is connected to the server through the Internet.
SurgiChip launched a pilot project in 2004. Palm Beach Plastic Surgery uses this system to record surgical procedures. In December 2004, SurgiChip passed the review of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and officially went on the market.
Since InfoLogix purchased SurgiChip, InfoLogix has continued to improve and enhance the SurgiChip system, including changing the shape of the device, adding the wireless function of the handheld reader to realize real-time data collection and real-time processing of the back-end software.
The price of the SurgiChip system is $50,000, including maintenance costs, and the price of RFID tags is 15-20 cents each.
[ad_2]
