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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2005
Jay Qin, Fremont, CA (US);
Robin Bek, Campbell, CA (US);
John W. Gaiser, Mountain View, CA (US);
David S. Utley, Redwood City, CA (US);
Jay Qin, Fremont, CA (US);
Robin Bek, Campbell, CA (US);
John W. Gaiser, Mountain View, CA (US);
David S. Utley, Redwood City, CA (US);
Mederi Therapeutics, Inc., Greenwich, CT (US);
Abstract
A device for treating a tissue region is supplied with a separate usage key card. The usage key card comprises a storage medium, which is formatted to contain an identification code unique to the usage key card. The usage key card is adapted to be read by a remote reader, to download the identification code for processing by a controller for the device. Processing of the identification code by the controller either enables or disables operation of the device according to prescribed criteria. A viewable image is generated on a display screen that changes in response to processing of the identification code.