ClearCount Medical Solutions
ClearCount Receives 510(k) Clearance for SmartWand-DTX
ClearCount Medical Solutions has received 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to begin commercialization of its SmartWand-DTX system. This complementary offering to ClearCount's SmartSponge System provides an economical and flexible approach to implementing the latest RFID technology. ClearCount is the only provider of RFID-based systems for the prevention of retained surgical sponges. Both of ClearCount's innovative patient safety solutions are now available through Medline Industries, Inc. Learn more about the SmartSponge and SmartWand-DTX systems at www.clearcount.com.
February 2, 2010 | Permalink
ClearCount Signs Distribution Agreement with Medline
ClearCount Medical Solutions has named Medline Industries as the exclusive distributor for its SmartWand-DTX and SmartSponge System. These systems, the only FDA-cleared systems using RFID to both count and locate surgical sponges, use a technology featuring chip-embedded sponges to help eliminate surgical errors and improve patient safety. Learn more about the award-winning medical devices from ClearCount at www.clearcount.com.
January 19, 2010 | Permalink
ClearCount Absorbs Errors
An article in the Pittsburgh Tribune Review, highlights the revolutionary SmartSponge system from ClearCount Medical Solutions which uses RFID chips to track surgical sponges in the operating room.
November 19, 2009 | Permalink
ClearCount: A Top Health Innovation of 2009
ClearCount Technologies has been named one of the Top 100 Health Innovations of 2009 by Popular Science magazine, as part of its Best of What's New Awards. The awards honor the top 100 technologies in 11 categories. Read the full release here. Congratulations, ClearCount!
November 10, 2009 | Permalink
ClearCount Closes Series B
ClearCount Medical Solutions has closed a $3.4M Series B financing round, led by Draper Triangle. The company will use the funds to drive sales and product development of its RFID-based solutions designed to prevent retained surgical sponges. ClearCount has developed the only FDA-cleared sponge counting and detection solution. The SmartSponge System is the only system to incoporate the efficiency of counting with the safety of detection for the purpose of preventing a retained object during surgery. Learn more at www.clearcount.com.
October 22, 2009 | Permalink
ClearCount Named Runner-Up in WSJ Awards
The SmartSponge System from ClearCount Medical Solutions, an innovator of patient safety solutions for the operating room, was named a runner-up under the medical devices category in the Wall Street Journal's 2009 Technology Innovation Awards. ClearCount was one of four companies recognized in the Medical Devices category, and will be honored at an awards cermony October 13 held in conjuction with the Dow Jones VentureWire Technology Showcase. Visit www.clearcount.com for more information.
September 15, 2009 | Permalink
ClearCount Medical Solutions to Appear in TIME Magazine
An article profiling ClearCount Medical Solutions' Smart Sponge System will appear in the 3.4 million copies of Time Magazine to be mailed to subscribers next week. The Smart Sponge System uses radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology to automate surgical sponge counting and enhance patient safety. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in NYC became the first hospital to switch to the SmartSponge System earlier this spring. Read the article here, and visit www.clearcount.com to learn more about this technologically-sophisticated sponge system.
June 9, 2009 | Permalink
ClearCount Introduces Industry-First Never Event Warranty
ClearCount Medical Solutions recently introduced its industry-first Never Event Warranty (N.E.W.) that will cover unreimbursed surgery costs up to $100,000 should a retained sponge case occur in conjunction with the SmartSponge System (see ClearCount for details). "Never Events" are preventable injuries and infections that occur during hospital stays. Retained foreign objects (left-behind surgical sponges are the most common) are the most frequent and most costly surgical "never events." David Palmer, CEO of ClearCount explains, "We created the industry-first Never Event Warranty because we are confident that the SmartSponge System will make retained sponges in hospitals a thing of the past." Learn more about N.E.W. and the SmartSponge System at www.clearcount.com.
April 14, 2009 | Permalink
SmartSponge System Earns AORN Seal of Recognition
ClearCount Medical Solutions has earned the first-ever Seal of Recognition awarded by the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) for its SmartSponge System Operating Procedures. The SmartSponge System was created by an Operating Room nurse and is the first and only system to incorporate the efficiency of counting with the safety of detection. The AORN Seal of Recognition will assist the perioperative community in selecting quality training actvities that promote safety and optimal outcomes for patients undergoing operative and other invasive procedures. Learn more about ClearCount and the SmartSponge System at www.clearcount.com.
April 11, 2009 | Permalink
ClearCount Receives IDEA Finalist Award
ClearCount Medical Solutions' SmartSponge System received a finalist award under the Medical and Scientific category of the 2008 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEAs). The award was submitted in conjunction with product development consultancy Bright Innovation. CEO David Palmer said, "This award is recognition of ClearCount's excellence in designing innovative technology that improves both patient safety and productivity in the operating room." The SmartSponge System helps to improve patient safety while strengthening operating room efficiency. Visit www.clearcount.com for more information.
January 12, 2009 | Permalink
7 Pittsburgh Companies Get $41M in 3Q
According to an article in the Pittsburgh Business Times, seven Pittsburgh companies received a combined $41.36 million in venture, angel and government funding during the third quarter of 2008, the largest third-quarter infusion in five years. Almost all of the companies are in the life sciences/biotech category. Draper Triangle participated in three of the financing rounds: Aethon, ClearCount Medical Solutions and Entermedia, where the companies raised a combined $18.26 million.
October 30, 2008 | Permalink
ClearCount Medical Solutions Closes Series A Round
ClearCount Medical Solutions, an innovator of patient safety solutions for the operating room, has closed a $4.1M Series A financing roung. The company plans to use the funds to accelerate sales efforts of its RFID technology for the prevention of retained surgical sponges. Draper Triangle led the round. Learn more about ClearCount's innovative patient safety technology at www.clearcount.com.
October 17, 2008 | Permalink
