Surgical sponge
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1. A surgical sponge, comprising:
- a sheet of absorbent material; and
an elongated visually detectable element at a visible location on the sheet comprising a pair of elongated strands twisted about each other, one of said strands having a color which contrasts with the color of said sheet to facilitate visual inspection of the element prior to the use of the sponge, and the other of said strands having a color which in the presence of blood contrasts with the color of blood to significantly increase the visibility of the sponge in a patient'"'"'s body when saturated by body fluids with the color of the two strands being different from each other.
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Abstract
A surgical sponge comprising, a sheet of absorbent material. The sponge has an elongated visually detectable element at a visible location on the sheet comprising a pair of elongated twisted strands. One of the strands has a color which contrasts with the color of the sheet, and the other of said strands has a color which contrasts with the color of blood.
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13 Claims
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1. A surgical sponge, comprising:
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a sheet of absorbent material; and an elongated visually detectable element at a visible location on the sheet comprising a pair of elongated strands twisted about each other, one of said strands having a color which contrasts with the color of said sheet to facilitate visual inspection of the element prior to the use of the sponge, and the other of said strands having a color which in the presence of blood contrasts with the color of blood to significantly increase the visibility of the sponge in a patient'"'"'s body when saturated by body fluids with the color of the two strands being different from each other. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A surgical sponge, comprising:
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a sheet of absorbent material; and an elongated visually detectable element at a visible location on the sheet comprising first and second longitudinally extending integral parts, said first part having a color which contrasts with the color of the sheet to facilitate visual inspection of the element prior to use of the sponge, and said second part having a color which in the presence of blood contrasts with the color of blood to significantly increase the visibility of the sponge in a patient'"'"'s body when saturated by body fluids with the color of said first and second parts being different from each other. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A surgical sponge, comprising:
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a sheet of absorbent material; and an elongated visually detectable element at a visible location on the sheet comprising a pair of elongated strands, one of said strands having a color which contrasts with the color of said sheet to facilitate visual inspection of the element prior to the use of the sponge, and the other of said strands having a color which in the presence of blood contrasts with the color of blood to significantly increase the visibility of the sponge in a patient'"'"'s body when saturated by body fluids with the color of said strands being different from each other.
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