Patents by Inventor Judith J. Mewburn

Judith J. Mewburn has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Controlling articles of equipment during surgery
    Patent number: 5443082
    Abstract: Articles of equipment such as swabs and surgical instruments are provided with a machine readable information source such as a bar code, and are monitored during surger by means of a system which comprises a bar code scanner (19) and a computer (3) on which information read by the scanner can be stored. The system may include scales (9) for weighing the equipment so that body fluid absorbed by absorbent articles such as swabs can be determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1995
    Assignee: British Technology Group Ltd.
    Inventor: Judith J. Mewburn