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An automatic identification system for accounting for and identifying a plurality of surgical sponges used during a surgical procedure. Machine-readable information is located on a plurality of surgical sponges. Each sponge of the plurality of surgical sponges has unique machine-readable information

An automatic identification system for accounting for and identifying a plurality of surgical sponges used during a surgical procedure. Machine-readable information is located on a plurality of surgical sponges. Each sponge of the plurality of surgical sponges has unique machine-readable information located thereon. The unique machine-readable information is unique for at least one surgical procedure.

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[ What is claimed and desired to be secured by Letters Patent of the United States is:] [1.] An automatic identification system for use with a reading device, said automatic identification system for accounting for and identifying a plurality of surgical sponges used during a surgical procedure, com

[ What is claimed and desired to be secured by Letters Patent of the United States is:] [1.] An automatic identification system for use with a reading device, said automatic identification system for accounting for and identifying a plurality of surgical sponges used during a surgical procedure, comprising:machine-readable information located on a plurality of physically unconnected surgical sponges, wherein each sponge of said plurality of surgical sponges has its own differentiating machine-readable information located thereon which will not repeat on any other sponge used in a given surgical procedure, said machine-readable information being readable by a reading device, wherein the physically unconnected surgical sponges can be recognized and accounted for during a surgical procedure without reliance on human visual detection and counting ability to identify. differentiate and account for the surgical sponges.