Prevention of re-use of a medical device
US9549762B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 31, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jan 24, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 3, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T403/4933
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A disposable medical device is especially an articulation for the relative positioning of fixation bars or of pins of an external fixator, having at least a clamping means to be introduced into the medical device, the clamping means comprises an element that alters its appearance when being heated over a threshold temperature, thus giving optical or mechanical information that the device should not be used a second time.
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