Surgical cassette

US8011905B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Novartis AG · CH

Inventors

• Alexander N. Artsyukhovich · Irvine, US
• Mikhail Boukhny · Laguna Niguel, US
• Raphael Gordon · Ladera Ranch, US
• Gary P. Sorensen · Lake Forest, US
• David Thoe · Laguna Hills, US
• Ralph E. Svetic · Brooks Road, US
• Michael J. Yadlowsky · Sunnyvale, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 17, 2005
• Grant date: Sep 6, 2011
• Expiry date: Jan 12, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2205/6072
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A surgical system and cassette, the cassette having an identification method that is specific to the cassette. Suitable methods include bar coding or Radio Frequency Identification (“RFID”). Cassette information that may be encoded include features such as lot number and performance characteristics, such as pressure sensor calibration data, flow and pressure data and any other performance characteristics of the cassette captured during testing of the cassette at manufacture.