Patent ID: 6394353
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: A61B,A61N,G05B

Abstract:
A medical device comprising:a configurable control unit; a plurality of medical device components collectively operable to perform a medical diagnostic procedure, including at least one medical device component which dictates a configuration of said configurable control unit; said configurable control unit being connected to said medical device components to control said medical diagnostic procedure, said configurable control unit controlling said medical procedure differently dependent on a presence of said at least one medical device component; and a code reader in communication with said at least one medical device component and with said control unit, for reading a component-specific code uniquely allocated to said at least one medical device component which identifies said at least one medical device component, and which supplies said code to said control unit, said control unit, upon receipt of said code, being reconfigured to control said medical diagnostic procedure differently dependent on said presence of said at least one medical device component.