US 6,648,223 B2 · Surgical system

Abstract

A surgical system console having an electronic identification system, such as a bar code scanner, magnetic reader or other sensing device (e.g., optical, magnetic or other system) system that works in conjunction with a unique identifier on the surgical pak so as to identify the contents of the pak to the surgical console control (e.g., CPU). That information can be used for a variety of further activities, such as inventory management, product usage, traceability, patient billing, collection of statistical data, OR support, automatic setting of the surgical operating parameters by the surgical console, servicing and to print out the contents of the surgical pak on a list or any other recordable media (e.g., DVD, CD-ROM, floppy disk, hard drive, ZIP drive.

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Dependent claims

A surgical procedure identification system, comprising:

a) an ophthalmic surgical console for performing ophthalmic surgical procedures, the ophthalmic surgical console having a plurality of operating parameters and having a reader;
b) at least one surgical pak containing a plurality of components;
c) an identification device associated with the surgical pak, the identification device capable of being recognized by the reader and providing information about the components contained in the surgical pak to the ophthalmic surgical console so as to adjust automatically at least one operating parameter of the ophthalmic surgical console;
and
d) a printer connected to the ophthalmic surgical console for printing out a list of the components contained in the surgical pak.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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