Medline Industries Medical Object Counting and Blood Loss Estimation System
Summary
The USPTO granted US Patent 12,599,452 B2 to Medline Industries, LP on April 14, 2026. The patent covers systems, methods, and apparatus for automatically counting medical procedure objects, reconciling medical sponges using passive or active tracking devices, estimating patient blood loss during and after procedures to assist transfusion decision-making, and enabling communication between medical devices in procedure settings. Inventor Jared Rosinski filed the application (No. 18756466) on June 27, 2024, with 13 claims assigned under CPC classifications A61B 50/20, A61B 50/26, A61B 2090/0804, and A61M 5/1415.
About this source
GovPing monitors USPTO Patent Grants - Medical Devices (A61M) for new healthcare & life sciences regulatory changes. Every update since tracking began is archived, classified, and available as free RSS or email alerts — 44 changes logged to date.
What changed
The USPTO issued Patent 12,599,452 B2 to Medline Industries, LP on April 14, 2026, covering systems and methods for automated medical object counting, medical sponge tracking with passive or active tracking devices, patient blood loss estimation during and after medical procedures to inform transfusion decisions, and device-to-device communication in medical procedure environments.
Medline Industries now holds enforceable patent rights covering automated medical object counting and blood loss estimation technologies. Competitors developing similar sponge tracking or blood loss monitoring systems for surgical settings should assess whether their products fall within the scope of the 13 claims and evaluate their freedom to operate before market launch.
Archived snapshot
Apr 24, 2026GovPing captured this document from the original source. If the source has since changed or been removed, this is the text as it existed at that time.
Systems, apparatus and methods for automatically counting medical objects, estimating blood loss and/or communicating between medical equipment
Grant US12599452B2 Kind: B2 Apr 14, 2026
Assignee
Medline Industries, LP
Inventors
Jared Rosinski
Abstract
Many variations of systems, methods and apparatus for counting medical procedure objects, reconciling same, estimating patient blood loss during and/or after a procedure, and/or communicating between medical equipment used in a medical procedure setting are disclosed and/or illustrated herein. More particularly, many systems, methods and apparatus for counting and/or reconciling medical sponges with passive or active tracking devices, properly detecting/estimating blood loss during and/or after a medical procedure to assist with transfusion decision-making and identifying or at least alerting as to post-procedure patient risks, and/or for communicating between devices used during procedures to provide a smart/connected medical procedure environment are disclosed and/or illustrated herein.
CPC Classifications
A61B 50/20 A61B 50/26 A61B 2090/0804 A61M 5/1415
Filing Date
2024-06-27
Application No.
18756466
Claims
13
Parties
Related changes
Get daily alerts for USPTO Patent Grants - Medical Devices (A61M)
Daily digest delivered to your inbox.
Free. Unsubscribe anytime.
Source
About this page
Every important government, regulator, and court update from around the world. One place. Real-time. Free. Our mission
Source document text, dates, docket IDs, and authority are extracted directly from USPTO.
The summary, classification, recommended actions, deadlines, and penalty information are AI-generated from the original text and may contain errors. Always verify against the source document.
Classification
Who this affects
Taxonomy
Browse Categories
Get alerts for this source
We'll email you when USPTO Patent Grants - Medical Devices (A61M) publishes new changes.
Subscribed!
Optional. Filters your digest to exactly the updates that matter to you.