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Patent No.:
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.