ENCLOSURE FOR THE DECONTAMINATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF A MEDICAL APPARATUS
First Claim
1. Decontamination enclosure for medical instruments, comprising a base, at least one side wall, and a top cover, which delimit a decontamination space, wherein one of said at least one side walls comprises an opening extending to the top cover for access to the decontamination space, and the top cover comprises a cable passage that opens into said opening and a member for suspending a cable through said cable passage, said enclosure further comprising means for reading an electronic identification label provided on a cable of the medical instrument, with said label being placed near the active part of the medical instrument to be disinfected, and said reading means being arranged so as to be near the identification label when the cable is suspended on the cable suspension member.
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Abstract
The invention relates to an enclosure of the type including a base (6), at least one side wall (7) and an upper lid (8) defining a decontamination volume (9), wherein one of said side walls (7) comprises an access opening (10) to the decontamination volume (9) extending up to the upper lid (8), the upper lid (8) including a cable passage (12) open towards said opening and a cable suspension member (14) through said cable passage. The enclosure includes a means (18) for reading an electronic identification label (17) provided on a cable (5) of the medical instrument.
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- 1. Decontamination enclosure for medical instruments, comprising a base, at least one side wall, and a top cover, which delimit a decontamination space, wherein one of said at least one side walls comprises an opening extending to the top cover for access to the decontamination space, and the top cover comprises a cable passage that opens into said opening and a member for suspending a cable through said cable passage, said enclosure further comprising means for reading an electronic identification label provided on a cable of the medical instrument, with said label being placed near the active part of the medical instrument to be disinfected, and said reading means being arranged so as to be near the identification label when the cable is suspended on the cable suspension member.
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