Embedded Based On Medical Technology

V Bhuvaneswari¹, K Aarthi², K Eswari³

^1,2,3VIVEKANANDHA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY FOR WOMEN

Abstract

Every surgical item used during surgery (e.g., sponges) must be accounted for after surgery to ensure that none of these items is left inside the patient. Despite the numerous precautions in place, in approximately 1 in 1500 cases, something gets left behind inside the patient's body This paper presents ASSIST, an automated system for surgical instrument and sponge tracking that increases the safety of surgical procedures. ASSIST utilizes RFID technology to aid in accounting for all items used during surgery. The design takes into account safety, simplicity, ease of deployment, and ease of use. An initial evaluation utilizing RFID-tagged sponges demonstrates that ASSIST can reliably track surgical sponges with minimal impact to current operating room procedures. Sources of error that can impact the reliability of the system are also discussed.

Keywords

• ASSIST-Automated System for Surgical Instrument and Sponge Tracking, RFID-Radio Frequency Identification

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V Bhuvaneswari, K Aarthi, K Eswari. "Embedded Based On Medical Technology." International Conference on Information Engineering, Management and Security (2015): 236-243. Print.