Local in-device memory feature for electrically powered medical equipment
First Claim
1. In a medical device selected from a plurality of different types of medical devices, the medical device to be connected to a power supply that supplies an output to the medical device during use, the output of the power supply having selectable voltage and current parameters specific to each one of the plurality of different types of medical devices, the improvement comprising memory means disposed in the medical device for storing identification data identifying the type of medical device connected to the power supply, the selection of the voltage and current parameters of the output determined responsive to the identification data.
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Abstract
A non-volatile memory disposed within electrically powered medical equipment is described. The non-volatile memory may be preprogrammed to store utilization limits and parametric data for the equipment. An external control module may be programmed to store the utilization history for the equipment in the non-volatile memory on an on-going basis. The control module compares the utilization limits and utilization history during each use, and disables the equipment if a utilization limit is exceeded. The control module may also use the parametric data stored in the non-volatile memory to regulate the power supplied to the equipment.
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- 1. In a medical device selected from a plurality of different types of medical devices, the medical device to be connected to a power supply that supplies an output to the medical device during use, the output of the power supply having selectable voltage and current parameters specific to each one of the plurality of different types of medical devices, the improvement comprising memory means disposed in the medical device for storing identification data identifying the type of medical device connected to the power supply, the selection of the voltage and current parameters of the output determined responsive to the identification data.
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11. A system of tracking the utilization of a medical device selected from a plurality of different types of medical devices, the medical device connected to a power supply that supplies an output to the medical device during use, the output of the power supply having selectable voltage and current parameters specific to each one of the plurality of different types of medical devices, the system comprising:
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memory means disposed in the medical device for storing identification data identifying the type of medical device; control means for receiving the information stored in the memory means, the control means setting the voltage and current parameters of the output responsive to the identification data stored in the memory means; and connecting means for coupling the memory means to the control means when the medical device is connected to the power supply. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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