SURGICAL ABSORBENT ARTICLE, DETECTION DEVICE, AND DETECTION METHOD

摘要

Provided are a surgical absorbent article which is easily detectable and in which a significant increase in cost can be circumvented, a detection device, and a detection method. A surgical absorbent article (1) is provided with an article body (11) having absorbent properties, and an electrical inductor (12) attached to the article body (11). A bending-deformable fine wire such as a silver wire or copper wire having a wire diameter of approximately 0.4-1.0 mm can be used as the electrical inductor (12). The electrical inductor (12) is provided along an edge (11A) of the article body (11) and forms an annular section (13) overall. In the annular section (13), one end and the other end of the electrical inductor (12) are in contact with each other and electrically connected.