Method and system configured for counting surgical articles
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8. A method for counting surgical articles, comprising:
- scanning a plurality of articles capable of at least one of absorbing fluids within a body and packing internal bodily structures, wherein said scanning produces a scanned image of said articles, wherein each one of said articles includes a radiopaque object and wherein the radiopaque object of each one of said articles is detected during said scanning and is depicted in the scanned image;
performing system-performed counting of said radiopaque objects depicted in the scanned image; and
performing system-assisted count verification of said system-performed counting after performing said system-performed counting.
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Abstract
Apparatuses and methods are provided that employs a “radiopaque” object to count and account for surgical sponges in an operating room. A radiopaque object is attached to surgical sponges so that a scanning device can detect and count a collection of the sponges following use in a surgical procedure. Such apparatuses and methods enable surgical team personnel to 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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8. A method for counting surgical articles, comprising:
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scanning a plurality of articles capable of at least one of absorbing fluids within a body and packing internal bodily structures, wherein said scanning produces a scanned image of said articles, wherein each one of said articles includes a radiopaque object and wherein the radiopaque object of each one of said articles is detected during said scanning and is depicted in the scanned image;
performing system-performed counting of said radiopaque objects depicted in the scanned image; and
performing system-assisted count verification of said system-performed counting after performing said system-performed counting. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for counting surgical articles, comprising:
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means for displaying detected radiopaque objects;
means for manually confirming detection of displayed radiopaque objects; and
means for determining a number of confirmed radiopaque objects. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for counting surgical articles, comprising:
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at least one data processing device;
instructions processable by said at least one data processing device; and
an apparatus from which said instructions are accessible by said at least one data processing device;
wherein said instructions are configured for enabling said at least one data processing device to facilitate;
scanning a plurality of articles capable of at least one of absorbing fluids within a body and packing internal bodily structures, wherein said scanning produces a scanned image of said articles, wherein each one of said articles includes a radiopaque object and wherein the radiopaque object of each one of said articles is detected during said scanning and is depicted in the scanned image;
displaying the scanned image; and
receiving user input designating identification of said radiopaque objects depicted in the scanned image. - View Dependent Claims (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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22-1. The system of claim 18 wherein:
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said instructions are configured for enabling said at least one data processing device to facilitate processing said user input; and
said processing includes at least one of summing user input to generate a count, confirming user inputs, deactivating selectability of a selected radiopaque object, highlighting the selected radiopaque object, assigning a count number to a selected radiopaque object, displaying the count number and comparing a system-generated count of said radiopaque objects with a system-assisted count of said radiopaque objects.
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