Method for capturing and documenting a work cycle of sterilizable medical product

US12362063B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Aesculap AG · DE

Inventors

• Frederick Lenzenhuber · Tuttlingen, DE
• Tanja Hahn · Duderstadt, DE
• Gerhard Faller · Waldhausen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 17, 2022
• Grant date: Jul 15, 2025
• Expiry date: Jul 17, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2090/0803
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method includes steps for capturing and documenting a work cycle of a sterilizable medical product which is preferably held in a holding apparatus and which communicates, preferably wirelessly, with an external data-processing device, which is preferably disposed in the holding and/or storing apparatus. First, a process step or the performance of a process step of the work cycle is captured in accordance with an output signal of at least one sensor preferably disposed in the holding and/or storing apparatus. The output signal is processed further by the data-processing device to form cycle information. The cycle information is stored in a data chain/data sequence saved in a data memory of the medical product. The cycle information is stored by exactly one bit in the data chain.