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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2023

Filed:

Feb. 02, 2022
Applicant:

Melzi Corporation, Reno, NV (US);

Inventors:

Luke W. Clauson, Reno, NV (US);

Matthew Byrnes Newell, Reno, NV (US);

Nicholas G. Lewis, Sparks, NV (US);

Michael A. Raye, Reno, NV (US);

Jesse D. Adams, Mars, PA (US);

Samuel A. Weprin, Richmond, VA (US);

Assignee:

Melzi Corporation, Reno, NV (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 90/98 (2016.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/064 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 90/98 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02);
Abstract

Disclosed are methods and devices for detecting retained surgical items or other objects having a magnetic signature within a corpus of a patient. The device can comprise a handle, a shaft extending from the handle, and a distal sensing portion positioned distally of the shaft. The distal sensing portion can comprise one or more gradiometers comprising a plurality of magnetometers. The device can further comprise one or more output components configured to generate a user output to alert a user of a detected object.


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