Container for surgical object and fluid monitoring system
First Claim
1. A container having a design and construction for use in a surgical operating room to receive and securely contain fluid-carrying surgical objects in the container, the container comprising:
- a rigid top member including at least one port opening therein, and having a recessed portion of the underside of the top member along an outer perimeter;
a rigid retaining ring sized and shaped to match the size and shape of the recessed portion of the underside of the top member along an outer perimeter of the rigid top member;
a flexible bag body having an open top portion and a sealed bottom portion, an outer perimeter of the open top portion being folded over the rigid retaining ring, the rigid retaining ring with the folded over perimeter of the open top portion of the flexible bag body being mated and locked in the recessed portion of the underside of the top member along the outer perimeter of the rigid top member in a fluid-tight seal arrangement; and
a lid, being rotatably secured along an edge of the lid to an edge of the top surface of the rigid top member in a fluid-tight seal arrangement, that when rotated to a substantially vertical orientation relative to a top surface of the rigid top member providing a splash guard from the fluid-tight seal arrangement of the edge of the lid secured to the edge of the top surface of the rigid top member for any fluids that may be splashed by objects being placed into the container through the at least one port opening.
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Abstract
A container, system, method, and computer readable storage medium, for monitoring at least one of surgical object and fluid placed into the container are provided. The container includes a rigid top member including at least one port opening therein, having a recessed portion of the underside of the top member along an outer perimeter, a rigid retaining ring sized and shaped to match the size and shape of the recessed portion along the outer perimeter, and a flexible bag body having an open top portion and a sealed bottom portion, an outer perimeter of the open top portion being folded over the rigid retaining ring, the rigid retaining ring with the folded over perimeter of the open top portion of the flexible bag body being mated and locked in the recessed portion of the underside of the rigid top member along the outer perimeter in a fluid-tight seal arrangement.
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20 Claims
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1. A container having a design and construction for use in a surgical operating room to receive and securely contain fluid-carrying surgical objects in the container, the container comprising:
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a rigid top member including at least one port opening therein, and having a recessed portion of the underside of the top member along an outer perimeter; a rigid retaining ring sized and shaped to match the size and shape of the recessed portion of the underside of the top member along an outer perimeter of the rigid top member; a flexible bag body having an open top portion and a sealed bottom portion, an outer perimeter of the open top portion being folded over the rigid retaining ring, the rigid retaining ring with the folded over perimeter of the open top portion of the flexible bag body being mated and locked in the recessed portion of the underside of the top member along the outer perimeter of the rigid top member in a fluid-tight seal arrangement; and a lid, being rotatably secured along an edge of the lid to an edge of the top surface of the rigid top member in a fluid-tight seal arrangement, that when rotated to a substantially vertical orientation relative to a top surface of the rigid top member providing a splash guard from the fluid-tight seal arrangement of the edge of the lid secured to the edge of the top surface of the rigid top member for any fluids that may be splashed by objects being placed into the container through the at least one port opening. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method with a monitor system and a container for detecting surgical objects being placed into the container, the container comprising a rigid top member including a plurality of port openings therein, and having a recessed portion of the rigid top member along an outer perimeter, a rigid retaining ring sized and shaped to match the size and shape of the recessed portion of the rigid top member along an outer perimeter of the rigid top member, a container body having a flexible bag body having an open top portion and a sealed bottom portion, an outer perimeter of the open top portion being folded over one of the rigid retaining ring and the rigid top member, the rigid retaining ring with the folded over perimeter of the open top portion of the flexible bag body being mated and locked in the recessed portion of the top member along the outer perimeter of the rigid top member in a fluid-tight seal arrangement, and a lid, being rotatably secured along an edge of the lid to an edge of the top surface of the rigid top member in a fluid-tight seal arrangement, and the container body with at least one compartment located below each of the plurality of port openings, the method comprising:
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supporting the container by the rigid top member; and rotating the lid and holding it in a substantially vertical orientation relative to the top surface of the rigid top member providing a splash guard from the fluid-tight seal arrangement of the edge of the lid secured to the edge of the top surface of the rigid top member for any fluids that may be splashed by objects being placed into the container through one of the plurality of port openings. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, comprising computer instructions which, responsive to being executed by a processor of a monitor system for monitoring at least one of surgical object and fluid placed into a container, the container comprising a to member including a plurality of port openings therein, and a container body having an open top portion and a sealed bottom portion, a separate detection region being located horizontally in the container just below each of the plurality of port openings to substantially coincide with a detection region of a plurality of beams from matched emitters and sensors in a monitor system that detects surgical objects placed into the container through the each port opening, the computer instructions causing the processor to perform operations comprising:
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transmitting at least one beam of energy through the container body traversing a detection region located horizontally just below and across one port opening of the plurality of port openings; monitoring at least one sensor to detect at least a beam break followed by a beam make of the at least one beam of energy traversing the detection region of the one port opening; and detecting, with a processor, placement of a surgical object into the container through the one of the plurality of port openings with the aid of gravity, based at least on; detecting at least a beam break followed by a beam make of the at least one beam of energy traversing the detection region; monitoring, based on detection of the beam break followed by the beam make, an incremental weight force of the container due to a surgical object placed into the container through the one port opening of the plurality of port openings by; measuring a base weight force of the container at the time of the beam break followed by the beam make, inhibiting weight force measurement for a predefined time delay which is approximately a calculated time delay of an object falling a distance from a port opening of the container to the sealed bottom portion of the container body plus a noise signal settling time, and measuring, after the inhibiting, an incremental weight force change of the container by subtracting the base weight force of the container, measured at the time of the beam break followed by the beam make, from a weight force of the container, measured after the predefined time delay; and determining whether the incremental weight force change of the container matches a predefined incremental weight force range for a valid surgical object corresponding to the one port opening. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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