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US 12,220,115 B2Granted
Repair or refurbishment of limited use medical devices
AssigneeMedline Industries, Inc.
InventorsRichard Walton, Harold D. Pogue, Richard L. McCulley, Jr., James Patrick Wiggins
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Abstract
A powered medical device includes electronic components on a circuit board embedded within the body of a plug for connecting the device with a control apparatus. The medical device may be repaired or refurbished without the need to access the embedded circuit board through the use of a supplemental circuit board installed into the open end of the plug adjacent the plug pins. The supplemental circuit board may include a variety of electronic components, including fuses or non-volatile memory.
Claims19
A medical device comprising:
- a plug adapted to connect the medical device to a device controller, the plug comprising a connector;
- a first electronic component electrically connected with the connector, the first electronic component having previously been adapted to perform a first function when the medical device is connected to an external device a first time and having been disabled from performing the first function when the medical device is connected to the external device a subsequent time;
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- a second electronic component adapted to perform the first function and electrically connected with the connector.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.