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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2017
Applicant:
Depuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Inventors:
Sherrod A. Woods, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Cassidy A. Topel, Warsaw, IN (US);
Omari Gardner, Warsaw, IN (US);
Assignee:
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 90/96 (2016.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); A61B 50/33 (2016.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G07C 1/10 (2006.01); A61B 90/98 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 50/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G16H 40/20 (2018.01); A61B 50/33 (2016.02); A61B 90/98 (2016.02); G06K 7/10762 (2013.01); G07C 1/10 (2013.01); A61B 90/96 (2016.02); A61B 2050/0056 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0803 (2016.02);
Abstract
An orthopaedic surgical instrument system includes an orthopaedic surgical instrument tray and an orthopaedic surgical instrument that is configured to be positioned in the instrument tray. The orthopaedic surgical instrument system also includes a machine-readable optical label that is associated with the instrument. The system is configured to determine a duration of use of the instrument based on whether the machine-readable optical label is detected.