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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2003
Steve Postma, New Berlin, WI (US);
Steve Postma, New Berlin, WI (US);
GE Medical Systems, Inc, Waukesha, WI (US);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, the present technique provides a medical device component having an RF tag that is configured to provide information regarding the medical device component. Particularly, the RF tag may contain and provide information regarding maintenance, installation, and manufacture of the medical device component. Indeed, the exemplary embodiment of the present technique may facilitate the development of an 'as built' or hardware configuration of the medical device through the use of RF tags. Advantageously, the medical device may be surveyed by activating the RF tags, which contain and transmit information regarding the various components in the medical device.