Automated Surgical Costing System with Staff Tracking

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Detected March 26th, 2026

Summary

The USPTO has published a patent application (US20260088158A1) for an automated case costing system for surgical procedures. The system, assigned to Ospitek, Inc., tracks staff locations in real-time and analyzes staffing costs based on actual time spent in different areas of a surgery center.

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has published a patent application (US20260088158A1) detailing an automated system for surgical case costing. The invention, assigned to Ospitek, Inc., utilizes wearable tracking devices to monitor staff locations within a surgery center in real-time. It aims to allocate staffing costs by analyzing the actual time staff members spend in operating rooms and other areas like waiting rooms, pre-op, and recovery.

This patent application represents a novel technological development in healthcare cost management and operational efficiency. While it does not impose immediate regulatory obligations, it signals potential future technological trends in surgical centers. Healthcare providers and technology developers in the health informatics space should be aware of this innovation as it could influence future operational standards and software integrations within the industry.

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AUTOMATED CASE COSTING SYSTEM FOR SURGICAL PROCEDURES WITH STAFF TRACKING AND REAL-TIME COST ANALYSIS

Application US20260088158A1 Kind: A1 Mar 26, 2026

Assignee

Ospitek, Inc.

Inventors

Slim Souissi, Heithem Souissi

Abstract

A system and method of automated case costing for surgical procedures can include the operations of tracking a real time location of a plurality of staff within a surgery center using wearable tracking devices that monitor the real time location of staff members among the plurality of staff within the surgery center to provide tracked time information, and allocating staffing costs based on actual time spent in an operating room and in other areas of the surgery center including one or more among a waiting room, a Pre-Op area, a recovery area, and a post-recovery area using one or more processors. Such a system can use and integrate with human resources clocking and surgery scheduling software modules.