US 12,293,812 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, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US); and Thomas Armentrout, Carlsbad, CA (US)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Portage, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Dec. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/390,664.
Application 18/390,664 is a continuation of application No. 17/856,384, filed on Jul. 1, 2022, granted, now 11,894,115.
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 2024/0120048 A1, Apr. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. G16H 15/00 (2018.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/98 (2016.01); G06K 19/07 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2024.01); G06Q 10/0875 (2023.01); G06Q 10/30 (2023.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); G16H 40/40 (2018.01); G16Z 99/00 (2019.01)
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 a plurality of sponges used during a procedure to ensure proper removal of the plurality of sponges following the procedure, the sponge reconciliation system including:
the plurality of sponges, each including an RFID tag or a bar code, the RFID tag or the bar code each including a unique identifier;
a server;
a plurality of tablets, each of the plurality of tablets including a processor, a memory, and a transceiver, and each of the plurality of the plurality of tablets being configured to read the RFID tag or the bar code, wherein each processor is configured to:
generate a first article record identifying a first sponge of the plurality of sponges scanned into a current procedure, generate a first procedure event record that identifies a current procedure 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;
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 of the plurality of sponges 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 second sponge should now be considered scanned out;
and wherein the system is configured to:
display text associated with a sponge that has not yet been scanned out in a first color; and
display text associated with a sponge that has been partially reconciled in a second color.