Steven Tethrake,Paul Elliott,Jeffrey Nycz,Robert Varner,Mark Pelo
申请号：
US12729497
公开号：
US08454613B2
申请日:
2010.03.23
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要：
Systems and methods for identifying surgical instruments by use of radio-frequency identification tags (RFID) are disclosed. In the systems and methods, each of a plurality of surgical instruments is provided with at least one RFID transponder tag storing identification information associated with the corresponding instrument. The tag may be adhered to, embedded, or potted within a portion of the instrument. Using an RFID reading device, a user may interrogate the tag, thereby identifying the particular instrument. This identification information may be used to index a database and retrieve a data record unique to that instrument. The systems and methods allow a user to track, inspect, and verify inbound and outbound surgical instruments, to assess, for example, the surgical instruments duty life cycle usage.
