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Medical swab weighing apparatus

  • US 5,009,275 A
  • Filed: 11/22/1989
  • Issued: 04/23/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/24/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A medical swab weighing apparatus, comprising a container into which used swabs may be deposited during the course of an operation, and a weighing means on which the container is removably support and which provides an electrical output signal whose value is dependent upon the instantaneous total weight of the container and contents, the weighing means having means for storing the weight of a dry swab and program means responsive to the stored weight of a dry swab and the electrical output signal for calculating and displaying, each time a swab is deposited in the container, the total weight of blood absorbed in used swabs deposited in the container and the total number of swabs deposited in the container.

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