Single-use medical device

US7236827B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Biotronik Mess -und Therapiegeraede GmbH & Co. Ingenieurbuero Berlin · DE

Inventors

• Elmar Vitt · Hamburg, DE
• Gregor Niewalda · Buckenhof, DE
• Max Schaldach · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 19, 2002
• Grant date: Jun 26, 2007
• Expiry date: Apr 11, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61N1/372
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An electrical therapy device has a blocking triggering unit and a re-use blocking unit. The re-use blocking unit prevents the functions of the electrical therapy device during implantation in dependence on the condition of the blocking triggering unit. The blocking triggering unit is triggered either upon implantation or explantation of the electrical therapy device. In some aspects, an electrical therapy device has a blocking triggering unit and a re-use blocking unit, wherein the re-use blocking unit prevents the functions of the electrical therapy device in dependence on the condition of the blocking triggering unit. The blocking triggering unit is triggered upon explantation of the electrical therapy device.