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Title:
MEDICAL DEVICE RECOGNITION SYSTEM WITH WRITE-BACK FEATURE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2004060140
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A medical radiation treatment system is disclosed for identifying and monitoring the use of disposable or reusable optical fibers or other optical accessories. The treatment system comprises a radiation source unit connected to a recognition/control unit, and a medical radiation delivery system connected to an identification/recordation unit. This forms a read-write system to ensure that radiation parameters conform to delivery device characteristics, and to prevent the use of overused or incompatible delivery devices. This is achieved by reading previously encoded information in the identification/recordation unit that provides all usage history, including number of uses or total duration of use.

Inventors:
NEUBERGER WOLFGANG
Application Number:
PCT/US2003/038421
Publication Date:
August 26, 2004
Filing Date:
December 03, 2003
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Assignee:
CERAMOPTEC IND INC (US)
International Classes:
A61B18/22; A61B17/00; A61B18/00; (IPC1-7): A61B18/18
Foreign References:
US5400267A1995-03-21
US5910776A1999-06-08
US4822997A1989-04-18
US5681307A1997-10-28
US6308089B12001-10-23
Other References:
See also references of EP 1581129A4
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