The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Edward G Soltesz

Cristiano Quintini

Douglas R Johnston

William Kolosi

Jose Romero

Thomas Kadavy

A needle collection and counting tray for use in a clinical setting, such as an operating room, into which a user deposits used needles. The tray is then placed into a counting and identification machine the utilizes object recognition technology to identify and count the needles on the tray.

Machine vision needle counting imaging tray

A system for monitoring surgical objects is provided. An entry scanner captures a first set of image data from a surgical object identifier. A containment surface defines a target field of view. An exit scanner captures a second set of image data from a surgical object identifier within the target field of view. A monitoring system is electrically connected to at least one of the entry and exit scanners. The monitoring system has a surgical object recognition module having a database of pre-existing surgical object identifier data. The surgical recognition module identifies at least one of the number of surgical objects, the type of surgical objects, and the number of each type of surgical objects from the first and second sets of image data by comparing the first and second sets of image data with the pre-existing surgical object identifier data.

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Westlake, OH, United States of America

Edward G Soltesz