Title:
【発明の名称】手術中装備具を管理するシステムおよび方法
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPH05509242
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PCT No. PCT/GB91/00511 Sec. 371 Date Sep. 28, 1992 Sec. 102(e) Date Sep. 28, 1992 PCT Filed Apr. 2, 1991 PCT Pub. No. WO91/15159 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 17, 1991.Articles of equipment such as swabs and surgical instruments are provided with a machine readable information source such as a bar code, and are monitored during surger by means of a system which comprises a bar code scanner (19) and a computer (3) on which information read by the scanner can be stored. The system may include scales (9) for weighing the equipment so that body fluid absorbed by absorbent articles such as swabs can be determined.
Inventors:
Mubourne, Judith Joy
Application Number:
JP50650891A
Publication Date:
December 22, 1993
Filing Date:
April 02, 1991
Export Citation:
Assignee:
British Technology Group Limited
International Classes:
A61B19/00; A61B19/02; G01G19/00; G06K17/00; G06K19/00; A61B17/06; (IPC1-7): A61B19/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kyozo Yuasa (6 people outside)