Glass tag transponder installation/retrofitting for motor cable

Abstract

A medical instrument includes at least one internal electrical energy load, preferably an electric motor, a cable plug, and a motor cable, which connects the medical instrument to a cable-side end of the cable plug to supply the at least one energy load. The cable plug has a pole-side end for insertion into a jack preferably located on a control unit. A glass tag can be or is inserted into or attached to the pole-side end without an application of force and is provided and designed to be readable by an antenna located on the jack. An adapter component is configured for retrofitting a jack of a control unit. A system includes a medical instrument, a motor cable, a cable plug and a control unit having a jack.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.