US 11,894,115 B2
Sponge counting system and method for ensuring proper removal of surgical sponges following a medical procedure
Brian Stewart, Ladera Ranch, CA (US); Michael Roux, Lake Forest, CA (US); and Thomas Armentrout, Carlsbad, CA (US)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Jul. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/856,384.
Application 17/856,384 is a continuation of application No. 15/569,629, abandoned, previously published as PCT/US2016/029324, filed on Apr. 26, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/258,855, filed on Nov. 23, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/153,100, filed on Apr. 27, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0336072 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. G16H 15/00 (2018.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01); G16H 40/40 (2018.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/98 (2016.01); G16Z 99/00 (2019.01); G06Q 10/08 (2023.01); G06Q 10/0875 (2023.01); G06Q 10/30 (2023.01); G06K 19/07 (2006.01)
CPC G16H 15/00 (2018.01) [A61B 90/08 (2016.02); A61B 90/98 (2016.02); G06Q 10/08 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0875 (2013.01); G06Q 10/30 (2013.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); G16H 40/40 (2018.01); G16Z 99/00 (2019.02); A61B 2090/0805 (2016.02); G06K 19/0723 (2013.01); Y02W 90/00 (2015.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sponge reconciliation system for maintaining records of sponges used during a procedure to ensure proper removal of surgical sponges following the procedure, the sponge reconciliation system including:
a server;
a plurality of tablets, each of the plurality of tablets including a processor, a memory, and a transceiver, and wherein each processor is configured to:
generate a first article record identifying a first sponge scanned into a current procedure, wherein the first article record corresponds to a sponge that is to be considered partially reconciled;
generate a first procedure event record that identifies a current procedure, a user operating the tablet, and a patient with whom the current procedure is to be identified;
store data from the first article record on the memory of the tablet, wherein the scanner memory does not contain data that specifically identifies the patients with which the procedure event record and article event record is associated with;
transmit data from the first procedure event record and the first article record to the server;
download data from a second article record for a second sponge that has been partially reconciled to the memory of the tablet from the server, the downloaded data being from a prior procedure associated with the patient with which the tablet is currently associated for the current procedure;
wherein the server is configured to:
store data received from the first article record and the first procedure event record;
determine whether the first article event record received is a record indicating that the partially reconciled first sponge should now be considered scanned out;
based on the step of determining, remove the first sponge from a file of partially reconciled articles;
and wherein the system is configured to:
display text associated with a sponge that has been fully counted out in a first color;
display text associated with a sponge that has not yet been scanned out in a second color; and
display text associated with a sponge that has been partially reconciled in a third color.