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METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MEDICAL DEVICE INVESTMENT RECOVERY

  • US 20090248578A1
  • Filed: 03/19/2009
  • Published: 10/01/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2008
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A computer implemented pay-per-use (PPU) investment recovery method for use with medical systems, the method comprising:

  • in a medical system, receiving a command requesting a PPU data storage and clearing operation from a product, the product being a component of the medical system;

    reading the total PPU data value (v) from the product, the total PPU data value representing a number of permitted uses for the product and being decremented as a result of use of the product;

    clearing an investment recovery value (x) from the total PPU data value (v) of the product, the investment recovery value (x) being a subset of the total PPU data value (v); and

    storing the investment recovery value (x) to a memory device.

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