| 摘要 |
An apparatus (10), devices (50, 150, 152) and methods (350, 400) for tracking and accounting for medical instruments (24) and/or sponges (26) in a sterile supply unit and/or a medical procedure room are provided. The tracking apparatus (10) includes a computing device (12) and one or more transceivers (14, 16, 18) coupled to the computing device (12). The one or more transceivers (14, 16, 18) are configured to communicate with a plurality of first and second transponders (20, 22), the transponders (20, 22) being coupled to respective ones of a plurality of medical instruments (24) and sponges (26). The computing device (12) is configured to track the medical instruments (24) and sponges (26) based on data transmitted from the first and second transponders (20, 22) and received by the one or more transceivers (14, 16, 18). |
