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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2006
Hasan Ertas, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ruzbeh Shariff, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sohail Desai, Campbell, CA (US);
Brannon P. Wells, San Jose, CA (US);
Rajeshwari Srinivasan, San Jose, CA (US);
Hasan Ertas, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ruzbeh Shariff, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sohail Desai, Campbell, CA (US);
Brannon P. Wells, San Jose, CA (US);
Rajeshwari Srinivasan, San Jose, CA (US);
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
A unit of equipment designed for use in endoscopic surgery includes radio frequency identification (RFID) circuitry and a network interface. The RFID circuitry can be used to store information of various types, such as component usage tracking information, user preferences, usage logs, error logs, device settings, etc. The network interface allows the unit to communicate over an external network with a remote server. Information, such as information stored in the RFID circuitry or in a separate memory, may be sent over the network to a desired destination, such as a server operated by the manufacturer of the equipment.