Safe surgery - surgical safety markers and method

摘要

A surgical safety device and method is disclosed, utilizing one or more indicators or markers which show a surgeon where to operate, in which the markers are specifically intended to eliminate errors which arise when a surgeon fails to select the correct side for conducting a surgical procedure on his or her bilaterally symmetrical patient, in which such markers positively and unambiguously identify the correct side of the patient upon which to operate, especially when combined in a procedure or protocol requiring the use of two markers.