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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2022
Aesculap Ag, Tuttlingen, DE;
Frederick Lenzenhuber, Tuttlingen, DE;
Tanja Hahn, Immendingen/Zimmern, DE;
Gerhard Faller, Braeunlingen, DE;
Aesculap AG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Abstract
A method includes steps for capturing and documenting a work cycle of a sterilizable medical product which is preferably held in a holding apparatus and which communicates, preferably wirelessly, with an external data-processing device, which is preferably disposed in the holding and/or storing apparatus. First, a process step or the performance of a process step of the work cycle is captured in accordance with an output signal of at least one sensor preferably disposed in the holding and/or storing apparatus. The output signal is processed further by the data-processing device to form cycle information. The cycle information is stored in a data chain/data sequence saved in a data memory of the medical product. The cycle information is stored by exactly one bit in the data chain.