US Patent Issued to THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION on March 25 for "Surgical-implement count and capture system" (Ohio, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,109, issued on March 25, was assigned to THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION (Cleveland).

"Surgical-implement count and capture system" was invented by Cristiano Quintini (Beachwood, Ohio), William Kolosi (Stow, Ohio), Thomas Kadavy (Bellevue, Wash.) and Jose Romero (Avon, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical-implement count and capture system including a carrier tape having a plurality of spaced-apart receiving areas disposed longitudinally along the carrier tape. Each of the plurality of spaced-apart receiving areas being configured to receive a surgical-implement. The carrier tape is configured to follow a first pathway. A ...