Innovative Operating Room Management System with Mobile Application

Strategic Insights -

The newly published patent by Harold Arkoff and Vedran Jukic describes a cutting-edge system for managing operating rooms in hospitals. This system utilizes cloud-based servers, whiteboard display devices, and mobile applications to provide real-time updates on medical facility resources and personnel. The innovative technology aims to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance patient care by streamlining the coordination of medical staff, resources, and facilities.

Key Takeaways:

  • The system comprises a cloud server, a whiteboard server, and a mobile applications server, which communicate in real-time to display and update schedules, reports, and alerts on whiteboard display devices and mobile phones.
  • The system configures the display of schedules and reports in response to real-time activities of medical personnel, using a software interface that receives and processes data from the whiteboard server.
  • The system includes a mobile application that alerts users to specific data inputs and displays the daily schedule of the user on their mobile phone.
  • The system is capable of displaying data input digitally using a tablet computer and data input in an analog manner directly onto a display surface.
  • The system can display a schedule for teams of healthcare facility personnel formed from a displayed list of healthcare facility personnel.
  • The system shows breaks taken by facility employees in real-time, enabling efficient use of resources and reduction of costs.
  • The system is designed to be scalable and adaptable to the needs of large healthcare facilities.

Statistics:

  • U.S. Patent No. 12327634, filed November 23, 2022, and published online on June 10, 2025.
  • The system uses cloud-based servers to communicate data in real-time.
  • The system includes whiteboard display devices in operating rooms and mobile applications on mobile phones.
  • The system can display data input digitally and analogously.
  • The system can display a schedule for teams of healthcare facility personnel.
  • The system shows breaks taken by facility employees in real-time.

Sources:

  • U.S. Patent No. 12327634, Harold Arkoff and Vedran Jukic, "Operating room management system with mobile application," filed November 23, 2022, and published online on June 10, 2025.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 5,842,173 to Strum et al., "Computer-Based Surgical Services Management System," issued for Computer-Based Surgical Services Management System.
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  • U.S. Pat. No. 7,657,445 to Goux, "System for managing healthcare facility resources."