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Healthy Volunteer Visibility Study of Micromachined Tags for the Detection of Surgical Sponges

NCT02009566 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Phase: EARLY_PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2016-02-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Surgical sponges can be accidentally left inside patient's bodies. We are working on special tags (called microfabricated tags) that surgeons can put on their sponges. Then, if the surgeons forget to remove a sponge from a patient, they'll be able to detect these special tags in an x-ray.

Conditions

  • Injury Due to Foreign Object Accidentally Left in Body During Surgical Operation

Interventions

RADIATION

Abdominal radiographs with microfabricated tags

Subjects will have 2 x-rays of their lower thorax/ abdomen taken. For each x-ray, a microfabricated tag or no tag will be placed in a different position. The x-rays will take approximately 15 minutes to complete.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Aine Kelly, MD · University of Michigan Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-07-31
Primary Completion
2015-04-30
Completion
2015-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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