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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2013
Applicant:
Emblation Limited, Alloa, GB;
Inventors:
Eamon McErlean, Alloa, GB;
Gary Beale, Alloa, GB;
Assignee:
EMBLATION LIMITED, Inglewood, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/07 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/90 (2016.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/18 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 19/44 (2013.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.02); A61B 90/90 (2016.02); G01R 31/07 (2013.01); A61B 18/14 (2013.01); A61B 18/1815 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00482 (2013.01); A61B 2090/0803 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0814 (2016.02);
Abstract
An apparatus for determining a status of a medical device component is disclosed. The apparatus includes at least one fusible component to indicate whether the medical device component has been used, and at least one reference component having at least one reference property that is representative of the presence, identity or type of the medical device component. The reference component is non-fusible under ordinary operating conditions.