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Patent No.:

US 8576076 B1

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Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013

Filed:

Oct. 01, 2012
Applicant:

Clearcount Medical Solutions, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Inventors:

Sharon L. Morris, Kalispell, MT (US);

Dean E. Morris, Kalispell, MT (US);

Assignee:

ClearCount Medical Solutions, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 3/00 (2006.01); G08B 13/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A surgical sponge detection system includes a device for automatically counting soiled surgical sponges which includes a reader which scans each sponge entered and determines sponge type from a tag affixed to each sponge and a control unit which processes data received from reader contained within sponges entered. The reader includes a non-optical scanner means which can read an indicating means on the sponges even when the indicating means is covered with blood or other body fluids.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Morris, Sharon. (2013). Automatic surgical sponge counter and blood loss determination system (U.S. Patent No. 8576076). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8576076

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