	US 12,237,076 B2
	System and method for managing surgical articles during a surgical procedure
Fazel Yavari, Portage, MI (US); Justin Andrews, Schoolcraft, MI (US); Brian James VanDerWoude, Portage, MI (US); and Dwight Fowler, Holly Springs, NC (US)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Portage, MI (US)
Appl. No. 17/622,302
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 28, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/048383 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 23, 2021, PCT Pub. No. WO2021/041795, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/894,300, filed on Aug. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0246288 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. G16H 40/20 (2018.01); A61B 50/37 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/98 (2016.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01)

CPC G16H 40/20 (2018.01) [G06K 7/10217 (2013.01); A61B 2050/375 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0804 (2016.02); A61B 90/98 (2016.02)]

18 Claims

1. A system for managing a supply of surgical sponges used during a surgical procedure to ensure proper removal of the surgical sponges following the surgical procedure, the supply comprising a first package containing a first surgical sponge of a first sponge type, wherein the first surgical sponge comprises a first RFID tag, the first RFID tag storing a first unique identifier associated with the first surgical sponge, first package content information, and a first power level parameter associated with the first sponge type, and wherein the first package content information corresponds to a complete content of the first package, the system comprising:

an RFID reader configurable to operate at one of a plurality of power levels in response to receiving a power level parameter in response to an RFID read operation; and

a database configured to store data representing a status of the supply of surgical sponges identifying a counted-in quantity and a counted-out quantity,

wherein the RFID reader is configured to:

operate at a default power level;

receive the first unique identifier, the first power level parameter, and the first package content information;

reconfigure to operate at a first power level, different from the default power level, corresponding to the received first power level parameter;

operate at the first power level;

receive a first response set at the first power level;

identify the first surgical sponge as counted-in in a database record for the surgical procedure when the first unique identifier is present in the first response set; and

compare the first response set to the first package content information to determine an error status.