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Method of detecting foreign bodies

US8908949B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · US

Inventors

Bolanle Asiyanbola · Baltimore, US
Ralph Etienne-Cummings · Baltimore, US
Chao-Cheng Wu · New Taipei, TW

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 22, 2011
Grant date	Dec 9, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 12, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG16H50/70
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A system for detecting post-operative retained foreign bodies has a data storage unit adapted to receive and store a reference image of a surgical object, and a data processor in communication with the data storage unit. The data processor is configured to receive an image of an internal region of a patient and to receive the reference image from the data storage unit, and the data processor is configured to perform operations based on an algorithm to compare the reference image to at least a portion of the image of the internal region of the patient and determine whether a retained foreign body is present in the patient.

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