Medical system having consumables monitoring

US8517938B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Christoph Eisenhardt · Mannheim, DE
• Volker Huellen · Mannheim, DE
• Oliver Kube · Worms, DE
• Josef Roeper · Schifferstadt, DE
• Friedrich Ziegler · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 26, 2010
• Grant date: Aug 27, 2013
• Expiry date: Aug 5, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2562/08
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention proposes a medical system which comprises a central control unit which is set up to display at least one diagnostic measured value using a display element. The medical system also comprises at least one invasive unit, wherein the invasive unit has at least one invasive consumable. The invasive consumable is set up to invasively intervene in a tissue of a patient. The invasive unit has at least one contactlessly readable electronic identifier for storing at least one piece of information. The central control unit is set up to electronically read the at least one piece of information in the electronic identifier. The central control unit and the invasive unit are functionally independent of one another such that the respective function of the central control unit and of the invasive unit can be performed independently of the presence of the respective other unit.