Todd, Kirk W.,Wen, Fang,Mezhinsky, Victor B.,Hopkins, Mark A.,Olivera, Argelio
申请号:
AU2007275214
公开号:
AU2007275214B2
申请日:
2007.07.20
申请国别(地区):
AU
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要:
A smart connector system includes a machine connector (305) disposed on a face ofa surgical machine, an illumination ring (325) located on the face of the surgical machineand disposed around a periphery of the machine connector, an RFID reader antenna(310) located in close proximity to the machine connector and the face of the surgicalmachine, and an accessory connector (425) adapted to couple with the machineconnector. The accessory connector has an RFID tag antenna (430) and is capableof attaching a tool to the surgical machine. When the accessory connector is broughtwithin close proximity to the machine connector, a communications connectionis established between the RFID tag antenna and the RFID reader antenna.