公开(公告)号：US11068852B2

公开(公告)日：2021-07-20

申请号：US16552024

申请日：2019-08-27

申请人： COVIDIEN LP

发明人： Patrick L. Dumbauld ,  Jeffrey L. Jensen ,  Scott E. M. Frushour ,  William G. Paterson ,  Paul E. Ourada ,  Robert M. Sharp ,  Erich M. Velandia

IPC分类号： G06Q10/10 ,  G08B21/24 ,  G06K7/10 ,  G16H40/40 ,  G06Q10/08

摘要： Methods and systems for controlling the usage of devices with embedded RFID tags including connecting a device to an energy source and reading data from a memory device incorporated in the device. The data may include a unique identifier (UID), a usage value, an activation value, a reprocessing value, and/or a sterilization indicator. The usage value is incremented when the device is connected to the energy source and the activation value is incremented when the device is activated permitting energy to flow from the energy source to the device. Usage of the device is prevented if the UID is on a list of prohibited UIDs, the usage value is not lower than a usage limitation value, the reprocessing value equals a reprocessing limitation value, the activation value equals an activation limitation value, and/or the sterilization indicator does not indicate that the device has been sterilized since its previous usage.

公开(公告)号：US10061948B2

公开(公告)日：2018-08-28

申请号：US14806339

申请日：2015-07-22

申请人： COVIDIEN LP

发明人： Jeffrey L. Jensen ,  William Gary Paterson ,  Erich M. Velandia ,  Paul E. Ourada

IPC分类号： G06K7/10 ,  A61B90/00 ,  G06K7/00 ,  G06K19/07 ,  A61B90/98 ,  G06Q50/22 ,  G06Q10/08 ,  G06K17/00 ,  A61B18/00

CPC分类号： G06K7/10366 ,  A61B90/00 ,  A61B90/98 ,  A61B2018/00988 ,  G06K7/0095 ,  G06K19/0725 ,  G06Q10/08 ,  G06Q50/22

摘要： A radio frequency identification (RFID) network is presented including a plurality of medical devices each including an RFID transponder and a single RFID transponder emulator configured to emulate functionality of each of the RFID transponders of the plurality of medical devices. The RFID network further includes a plurality of RFID interrogation devices configured to operatively communicate with the single RFID transponder emulator. The single RFID transponder emulator is used for development, testing, evaluation, and validation of each of the plurality of RFID interrogation devices.

公开(公告)号：US11669807B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-06

申请号：US17443007

申请日：2021-07-19

申请人： Covidien LP

发明人： Patrick L. Dumbauld ,  Jeffrey L. Jensen ,  Scott E. M. Frushour ,  William G. Paterson ,  Paul E. Ourada ,  Robert M. Sharp ,  Erich M. Velandia

IPC分类号： G06Q10/10 ,  G06Q10/1091 ,  G08B21/24 ,  G06K7/10 ,  G16H40/40 ,  G06Q10/087

CPC分类号： G06Q10/1091 ,  G06K7/10366 ,  G08B21/245 ,  G16H40/40 ,  G06Q10/087

摘要： Methods and systems for controlling the usage of devices with embedded RFID tags including connecting a device to an energy source and reading data from a memory device incorporated in the device. The data may include a unique identifier (UID), a usage value, an activation value, a reprocessing value, and/or a sterilization indicator. The usage value is incremented when the device is connected to the energy source and the activation value is incremented when the device is activated permitting energy to flow from the energy source to the device. Usage of the device is prevented if the UID is on a list of prohibited UIDs, the usage value is not lower than a usage limitation value, the reprocessing value equals a reprocessing limitation value, the activation value equals an activation limitation value, and/or the sterilization indicator does not indicate that the device has been sterilized since its previous usage.

公开(公告)号：US20210350332A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-11

申请号：US17443007

申请日：2021-07-19

申请人： Covidien LP

发明人： Patrick L. Dumbauld ,  Jeffrey L. Jensen ,  Scott E.M. Frushour ,  William G. Paterson ,  Paul E. Ourada ,  Robert M. Sharp ,  Erich M. Velandia

IPC分类号： G06Q10/10 ,  G08B21/24 ,  G06K7/10 ,  G16H40/40

摘要： Methods and systems for controlling the usage of devices with embedded RFID tags including connecting a device to an energy source and reading data from a memory device incorporated in the device. The data may include a unique identifier (UID), a usage value, an activation value, a reprocessing value, and/or a sterilization indicator. The usage value is incremented when the device is connected to the energy source and the activation value is incremented when the device is activated permitting energy to flow from the energy source to the device. Usage of the device is prevented if the UID is on a list of prohibited UIDs, the usage value is not lower than a usage limitation value, the reprocessing value equals a reprocessing limitation value, the activation value equals an activation limitation value, and/or the sterilization indicator does not indicate that the device has been sterilized since its previous usage.