Surgery – Means and methods for collecting body fluids or waste material
Reexamination Certificate
2006-02-21
2006-02-21
Gibson, Randy W. (Department: 2841)
Surgery
Means and methods for collecting body fluids or waste material
C604S362000, C177S025170, C600S573000, C340S505000, C705S028000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07001366
ABSTRACT:
The apparatus and method is provided that employs a “radiopaque” object to count and account for surgical sponges in an operating room. A radiopaque object is embedded in surgical sponges so that a scanning device can detect and count a large number of the sponges within a container. The container is designed to minimize contact with the sponges by humans. In addition, a surgical team can insure that no surgical sponge is left in a patient without performing the messy and time-consuming job of individually counting sponges as they are entered and disposed of from the surgical site.
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Gibson Randy W.
Simmons David O.
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