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Title:
CASSETTE FOR SURGERY AND IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM FOR THE SAME
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3238870
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To speedily and properly select a suitable cassette for surgery to be combined with each instrument for surgery, and to apply this selected cassette.
SOLUTION: A cassette 10 for surgery is provided with a series of patterned folding type tabs 36 formed integrally with the cassette as identifiers to be mechanically or optically sensed by an instrument 11 for surgery. On the other hand, the instrument 11 is provided with an infrared light emitting diode, namely, an LED 36 and a phototransistor 40 and pulse light from the diode 36 is reflected on the tab 36 and made incident to the phototransistor 40 for close identification and investigation.


Inventors:
Christopher C. Jung
Nader Nazarifa
Application Number:
JP28791996A
Publication Date:
December 17, 2001
Filing Date:
October 30, 1996
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
Archon Laboratories, Inc.
International Classes:
A61B17/00; A61M1/00; A61F9/007; A61M5/50; (IPC1-7): A61B17/00
Domestic Patent References:
JP2192069A
JP7255841A
JP2140173A
JP548948U
JP7505542A
JP4507057A
Other References:
【文献】米国特許5460490(US,A)
【文献】国際公開95/28190(WO,A1)
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Takashi Ishida (2 outside)