Patent ID: 7429920
Filing Date: 2008-09-30
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A medical device system comprising a plurality of implantable components, including: a plurality of radio frequency identification tags, wherein each of said tags is attached to or included with one of the plurality of implantable components and includes information specific to said one of the plurality of implantable components which said tag is attached to or included with, at least one of the plurality of radio frequency identification tags being powered by a power source of at least one of the plurality of implantable components, the power source powering at least one of the radio frequency identification tags and powering at least one of the plurality of implantable components other than the radio frequency identification tag; a communications module, operatively connected to each identification tag, adapted to transmit an activation signal to each of said tags; and an identification module, operatively connected to said communications module, adapted to automatically identify each of the plurality of radio frequency identification tags.