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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2023
Aesculap Ag, Tuttlingen, DE;
Frederick Lenzenhuber, Tuttlingen, DE;
Roland-Alois Hoegerle, Tuttlingen, DE;
Matthias Schweizer, Tuttlingen, DE;
Aesculap AG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus can detect surgical instruments provided with RFID transponders. The apparatus has a receiving space delimited by a bottom and side walls. A surgical instrument can be introduced into the receiving space through an upper side of the receiving space. The receiving space is shielded from external electromagnetic waves at the bottom and at the sides by shielding. An antenna device is configured within the shielding in at least two side walls that extend transversely to one another and/or parallel to one another, in such a way that the antenna device can transmit electromagnetic waves into the receiving space and receive electromagnetic waves from the receiving space with respect to two different sides of the receiving space. An identification device is configured to identify a surgical instrument introduced into the receiving space and store identification data corresponding to the identification of the surgical instrument.