Device For The Detection Of Metallic Surgical Articles And Harmonic And RFID Tagging Markers

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20150141806A1
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14082114

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The present invention provides a method of detection of metallic items and/or metallic surgical instruments or articles by a detection device in the event that such articles have been retained in a patient after a surgical procedure. More specifically, the invention relates to a detection system that uses (1) a metal detector or (2) a detector for harmonic-generating amorphous or non-amorphous metallic tags together with three-dimensional spatial position measurement to determine if a foreign metallic article has been retained in the body and if so, to determine the article's location. The invention scans the patient pre- and post-operatively, evaluating three-dimensional differences in electronic response to account for other nearby metallic objects not related to the retained metallic article, thereby determining by inference whether the post-operative electronic response results from presence of a retained article.

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  • INTEGRATED MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Linse, Michael H Corvallis, US 4 29
Slavik, Nelson S Niles, US 4 11
Smith, William B Bloomington, US 26 988

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