Controlling articles of equipment during surgery
US5443082A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 28, 1992 |
| Grant date | Aug 22, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 28, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2090/0805
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Articles of equipment such as swabs and surgical instruments are provided with a machine readable information source such as a bar code, and are monitored during surger by means of a system which comprises a bar code scanner (19) and a computer (3) on which information read by the scanner can be stored. The system may include scales (9) for weighing the equipment so that body fluid absorbed by absorbent articles such as swabs can be determined.
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