Glass-tag fixation for medical instruments

A protective housing for accommodating a transponder configured to be received in a transponder receptacle in a medical product, the protective housing comprising:

• a first housing half;
• and
• a second housing half,
• the first housing half and the second housing half configured to be connected to each other in a form-fitting manner and enclose the transponder,
• at least one of the first housing half and the second housing half having at least one product locking geometry, and
• the protective housing being integrable in a form-fitting manner into the medical product via the at least one product locking geometry.

A system comprising:

• a medical product with a protective-housing receptacle;
• a protective housing;
• and
• a transponder;
• the transponder being receivable in the protective housing, and
• the protective housing being receivable and fixable in a form-fitting manner directly in the protective-housing receptacle.

A method for form-fitting connection of a transponder to a medical product, the method comprising the steps of:

• positioning the transponder in a first housing half of a protective housing;
• inserting the first housing half of the protective housing into a protective-housing receptacle of the medical product from an upper side of the medical product;
• inserting of a second housing half of the protective housing into the protective-housing receptacle of the medical product from a lower side of the medical product;
• and
• form-fittingly connecting the first housing half and the second housing half.