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Surgical sponges dectable by magnetic field

The prevention of retained surgical instruments currently requires a significant amount of labor in the surgery suite. The current state of the art is to assign surgical nurses to count sponges and instruments, which can allow human error. This is particularly true during long surgeries or if surgical personnel change during surgery. These errors...

Published: 1/31/2018 | Inventor(s): John Hunter, Erin Gilbert

Keywords(s): Device

Category(s): Device