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Safety charging system for surgical hand piece

  • US 20080030170A1
  • Filed: 08/03/2006
  • Published: 02/07/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A safety charging system for a battery-operated surgical hand piece comprising:

  • a charging base for charging a battery used with the hand piece, the charging base comprising an RFID reader antenna disposed near a top surface of the charging base and charge circuitry for charging the battery;

    a battery pack comprising the battery used with the hand piece and an RFID tag antenna disposed near a bottom surface of the battery pack; and

    control logic for determining if the battery should be charged based on a data point read by the RFID reader antenna.

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