Surgical instrument with RFID tag adhered thereto with first and second adhesives where the first and second adhesives are different types of adhesives

• US 10,292,787 B2
• Filed: 05/11/2018
• Issued: 05/21/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Xerafy Singapore Pte. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Xerafy Singapore Pte. Ltd.
• Inventors: Liu, Zhijia
• Primary Examiner(s): Rushing, Mark S
• Application Number:
  US15/977,559
• Publication Number:
  US 20180256286A1
• Time in Patent Office: 375 Days
• Field of Search: 34053912
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00526 Methods of manufacturing
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00951 adhesive
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2050/002 having adhesive means, e.g. an adhesive strip
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/90 Identification means for patients or instruments, e.g. tags
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/98 using electromagnetic means, e.g. transponders
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0723 the record carrier comprising an arrangement for non-contact communication, e.g. wireless communication circuits on transponder cards, non-contact smart cards or RFIDs
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07749 the record carrier being capable of non-contact communication, e.g. constructional details of the antenna of a non-contact smart card
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07758 arrangements for adhering the record carrier to further objects or living beings, functioning as an identification tag

Abstract

A surgical instrument and a method for installing a RFID label on the surgical instrument are provided. The surgical instrument includes a surgical instrument body, a RFID label and an adhesive, the surgical instrument body and the RFID label are fixedly connection by the adhesive, the adhesive comprises a first adhesive and a second adhesive; the first adhesive is disposed between a bottom surface of the RFID label and a surface of the surgical instrument body, the other surfaces of the RFID label are covered by the second adhesive, the second adhesive also covers an intersection of the RFID label with the surgical instrument body; and the first adhesive and the second adhesive are different types of adhesives, and an adhesive intensity of the first adhesive is greater than an adhesive intensity of the second adhesive, and fluidity of the second adhesive is greater than fluidity of the first adhesive.

Claims

1. A surgical instrument, comprising a surgical instrument body, a RFID tag and an adhesive, the surgical instrument body and the RFID tag are fixedly connected as a whole by the adhesive, wherein the adhesive comprises a first adhesive and a second adhesive;

the first adhesive is disposed between a bottom surface of the RFID tag and a surface of the surgical instrument body, the other surfaces of the RFID tag are covered by the second adhesive, the second adhesive also covers an intersection of the RFID tag with the surgical instrument body; and

the first adhesive and the second adhesive are different types of adhesives, and an adhesive intensity of the first adhesive is greater than an adhesive intensity of the second adhesive, and fluidity of the second adhesive is greater than fluidity of the first adhesive.

2. The surgical instrument according to claim 1, wherein a groove is disposed on the surgical instrument body, the RFID tag and a face of the adhesive in contact with the surgical instrument body are within the groove.

3. The surgical instrument according to claim 1, wherein a groove is disposed on the surgical instrument body, a size of an opening of the groove is matched with a size of the bottom of the RFID tag, and the RFID tag is engaged in the groove.

4. The surgical instrument according to claim 1, wherein the first adhesive is selected from any one of a silane adhesive and an organic silicone adhesive;

and the second adhesive is an epoxy adhesive.

5. The surgical instrument according to claim 1, wherein a portion of the surgical instrument body adhered to the bottom surface of the RFID tag is a rough surface.

6. The surgical instrument according to claim 1, wherein a portion of the bottom surface of the RFID tag adhered to the surgical instrument body is a rough surface.

7. The surgical instrument according to claim 1, wherein the first adhesive is a conductive adhesive.

8. The surgical instrument according to claim 1, wherein the surgical instrument further comprises a first metal layer disposed between the surgical instrument body and the bottom surface of the RFID tag, the first metal layer is adhered to the surgical instrument body by a third adhesive, and the first metal layer is further adhered to the bottom surface of the RFID tag by a fourth adhesive.

9. The surgical instrument according to claim 8, wherein a material of the third adhesive is identical to a material of the first adhesive.

10. The surgical instrument according to claim 1, wherein the surgical instrument further comprises a second metal layer disposed on a top of the RFID tag, the second metal layer is adhered to the top of the RFID tag by a fourth adhesive, and the second adhesive covers the second metal layer and the RFID tag.

11. The surgical instrument according to claim 10, wherein a material of the fourth adhesive is identical to the material of the first adhesive.