US Patent Issued to Augustine BioMedical and Design on March 18 for "Surgical sponges with flexible RFID tags" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,380, issued on March 18, was assigned to Augustine BioMedical and Design LLC (Eden Prairie, Minn.).

"Surgical sponges with flexible RFID tags" was invented by Scott D. Augustine (Deephaven, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical sponge is provided, having a radiofrequency (RF) tag positioned interior thereto. The RF tag has a base layer with at least one tab projecting from an outer perimeter of thereof. The RF tag has a first protective layer with at least one tab projecting from the outer perimeter of the RF tag and generally aligned with the at least one tab of the base layer and an RF identifier laminated between the ba...