Patent ID: 9622808
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A device for contactless communication between a surgical apparatus and at least one surgical instrument, the device comprising: a surgical apparatus that includes a control and evaluation device having at least one reading device which is connected to an antenna for the at least one reading device; and at least one surgical instrument to which is assigned at least one writable and readable memory device which is connected to an antenna for the at least one writable and readable memory device and is at least partially embodied in a connecting cable arranged to connect the at least one surgical instrument to the surgical apparatus, the at least one surgical instrument comprising: wherein the at least one writable and readable memory device is designed as a transponder IC with a freely programmable microprocessor and is configured to send the at least one parameter to the reading device of the surgical apparatus via a radio link, and wherein the control and evaluation device is configured to evaluate the at least one parameter, generate an instruction for controlling an operation of the at least one surgical instrument based on the at least one parameter and to send the instruction to the at least one writable and readable memory device via the radio link.