About analysis of patents for prediction and diagnostics of infection in surgery through: texts, tables, algorithms

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Based of a patent search for methods and system for predicting and diagnosing infection in surgery, a procedure was proposed for moving from texts through tables to algorithms in the block diagram language (with an assessment of their quality) to reach a compiled prototype. The usefulness of such an analysis for the development of information and information-intellectual support of surgeon’s decisions is shown.

Keywords: surgical site infections (SSI), prediction of postoperative complications, patent