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US 2025/0157607 A1Published application
Sponge Counting System And Method For Ensuring Proper Removal Of Surgical Sponges Following A Medical Procedure
AssigneeStryker Corporation
InventorsBrian Stewart, Michael Roux, Thomas Armentrout
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Abstract
A sponge counting system for maintaining an inventory of articles used during a medical or surgical procedure, where, in the event an article for which the status needs to be reconciled is left in a patient, the system generates a record that the article is in a partially reconciled state and when a subsequent procedure is performed, the scanner employed during the procedure has the records of the partially reconciled articles associated with the patient.
Claims1
A packaged article assembly for use in a medical or surgical procedure, the assembly comprising:
- at least one article (32) for use in a medical or surgical procedure;
- packaging (460) that surrounds the article (32);
- and a machine readable identifier (466) affixed to one of the article or the package, characterized in that:
- the package is formed with a frangible section (462) that is broken to access the article (32);
- and the machine readable identifier is affixed to the package across the frangible section (462) so the breaking of the frangible section prevents the reading of the machine readable identifier.
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