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Device for contactless communication and use of a memory device

US9622808B2 · kind B2 · utility

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6References

16Claims

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Assignee

Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH · DE

Inventors

Juergen Beller · Gomaringen, DE
Uwe Schnitzler · Bingen, DE
Peter Selig · Hechingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 11, 2008
Grant date	Apr 18, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 19, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2090/0813
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for contactless communication between a surgical apparatus and at least one surgical instrument. The surgical apparatus comprises a control and evaluation device to which is assigned a writing or reading device which is connected to an antenna for the apparatus. The instrument is assigned at least one writable and readable memory device, embodied as an RFID transponder, which is connected to an antenna for the instrument, so that data can be exchanged between the writing or reading device of the surgical apparatus and the memory device of the instrument by means of wireless communication.

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