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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2017
Musc Foundation for Research Development, Charleston, SC (US);
Clemson University Research Foundation, Clemson, SC (US);
Nancy DeMore, Charleston, SC (US);
Delphine Dean, Central, SC (US);
Scott R. Slaney, Seneca, SC (US);
Melissa McCullough, Clemson, SC (US);
Cody Jordan, Greer, SC (US);
Joseph R. Wilson, III, Duncan, SC (US);
MUSC Foundation for Research Development, Charleston, SC (US);
Clemson University Research Foundation, Clemson, SC (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for detecting metal clips inserted within a portion of a body of a patient are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a clip detector assembly includes a detector having a ferrous member, a transmitting coil around the ferrous member and configured to induce a current in the metal clip, and a receiving coil around the ferrous member and configured to receive a magnetic field generated by the current induced in the metal clip. The assembly can further include a control circuit having a band-pass filter configured to pass electrical signals induced by the magnetic field from the receiving coil that are within at most 35 kHz of a resonance frequency of the metal clip. The assembly still further includes a user notification component configured to alert a user to a location of the metal clip.