Sponge counting system and method for ensuring proper removal of surgical sponges following a medical procedure
US11894115B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 1, 2022 |
| Grant date | Feb 6, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 20, 2042 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02W90/00
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A sponge counting system for maintaining an inventory of articles used during a medical or surgical procedure, where, in the event an article for which the status needs to be reconciled is left in a patient, the system generates a record that the article is in a partially reconciled state and when a subsequent procedure is performed, the scanner employed during the procedure has the records of the partially reconciled articles associated with the patient.
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