Systems and methods for monitoring and controlling use of medical devices
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1. A system for treating a tissue region comprising:
- a device including a handle and an element within the handle holding a unique identification code; and
a controller registering the unique identification code when the device is coupled to the controller, the controller further maintaining a use table containing prior identification codes that meet a criteria to be registered by the controller, the controller comparing the unique identification code of the device coupled thereto to the prior identification codes to detect an absence or a presence of a match, in the absence of the match the controller updates the use table by adding the unique identification code to the use table and enables use of a generator associated with the device, and in the presence of the match the controller does not add the unique identification code to use table.
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Abstract
A device carries a use monitoring element that possesses a state or condition that changes in response to use of the device and that is sensed when the device is presented for use. Reuse of the device is not permitted, if the use monitoring element indicates a prior use.
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1. A system for treating a tissue region comprising:
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a device including a handle and an element within the handle holding a unique identification code; and a controller registering the unique identification code when the device is coupled to the controller, the controller further maintaining a use table containing prior identification codes that meet a criteria to be registered by the controller, the controller comparing the unique identification code of the device coupled thereto to the prior identification codes to detect an absence or a presence of a match, in the absence of the match the controller updates the use table by adding the unique identification code to the use table and enables use of a generator associated with the device, and in the presence of the match the controller does not add the unique identification code to use table. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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