Smart-port multifunctional reader/identifier in a product sterilization cycle
AssigneeAesculap AG
InventorsFrederick Lenzenhuber, Roland-Alois Hoegerle
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Abstract
A smart port can detect and read medical products using a multiplicity of modules. Each module is formed with a different detection technology. A system includes a smart port, a screen basket, and instrument holders. The instrument holders hold the medical products and can be introduced into the screen basket. A robot arm includes a smart port attached to or integrated in the robot arm. A device with artificial intelligence can be used for identifying and assessing medical products.
Claims15
A system with a smart port, wherein the smart port is configured to:
- A. read out data and information, in a sieve basket and/or instrument holder, of at least one medical product and to transmit the data and information to an instrument data management system of a customer, to a cloud and/or to an instrument data management system of a manufacturer for further processing,
- wherein the smart port defines a space around the smart port in which the at least one medical product is readable,
- wherein the smart port comprises a plurality of modules that are separate, combinable, and have different detection technologies to detect and read out the data and information of the at least one medical product, the plurality of modules comprising at least a first module configured with an optical detection technology and a second module configured with a radio detection technology;
- B. detect the at least one medical product and to send a signal within a predetermined and/or predefined time window, wherein the signal is provided to log an assignment with a detection of the medical product as being correct or incorrect and
- C. compare the optical detection technology and the radio detection technology with each other within the predefined time window in order to confirm that the assignment is correct.
A system with a smart port, wherein the smart port is configured to:
- A. read out data and information of at least one medical product and to transmit the data and information to an instrument data management system of a customer, to a cloud and/or to an instrument data management system of a manufacturer for further processing,
- wherein the smart port defines a space around the smart port in which the at least one medical product is readable,
- wherein the smart port comprises a plurality of modules that are separate, combinable, and have different detection technologies to detect and read out the data and information of the at least one medical product, the plurality of modules comprising at least a first module configured with an optical detection technology, a second module configured with a radio detection technology, and a third module configured with a LIDAR technology;
- B. detect the at least one medical product and to send a signal within a predetermined and/or predefined time window, wherein the signal is provided to log an assignment with a detection of the medical product as being correct or incorrect;
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- C. compare the optical detection technology, the radio detection technology and the LIDAR technology with each other within the predefined time window in order to confirm that the assignment is correct.
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