Apparatus for tagging and detecting surgical implements

Details Apparatus for tagging and detecting surgical implements Apparatus for tagging and detecting surgical implements

1985-04-12

1987-04-21

Recla, Henry J.

Surgery

Truss

Pad

128903, 604362, A61F 1300

Patent

active

046588183

ABSTRACT:
An active system for tagging and detecting a surgical implement accidentally left within a patient after the completion of a surgical procedure. A miniature electrical oscillator is attached to each implement and actuated before surgery begins. The pulsed output of each oscillator is coupled to the body's internal fluids and tissue. Before the patient is sutured, a detector, located externally from the body, is employed to sense the pulses from any remaining implements. In the event such pulses are sensed, a sensory alert is actuated and corrective action taken.

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