Radiologically trackable surgical sponges
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Feb 21, 2006
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Jan 27, 2005
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Jun 7, 2004
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Apr 17, 2002
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The apparatus and method is provided that employs a 'radiopaque' object to count and account for surgical sponges in an operating room. A radiopaque object is embedded in surgical sponges so that a scanning device can detect and count a large number of the sponges within a container. The container is designed to minimize contact with the sponges by humans. In addition, a surgical team can insure that no surgical sponge is left in a patient without performing the messy and time-consuming job of individually counting sponges as they are entered and disposed of from the surgical site.
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