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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2021
Olympus Winter & Ibe Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;
Borg Enders, Hamburg, DE;
Thorsten Juergens, Hamburg, DE;
OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH, Hamburg, DE;
Abstract
A method for monitoring consumables during a medical procedure, wherein unused consumables are provided in a supply area, consumables are used in a surgery area, and used consumables are deposited in a collection area. The method including: observing the supply area and the collection area with at least one first camera, registering, by a first automatic image processing method, when unused consumables are removed from the supply area, registering, by a second automatic image processing method, when used consumables are deposited in the collection area, and balancing the consumables removed from the supply area and the consumables deposited in the collection area.