Patent ID: 7258546
Filing Date: 2007-08-21
Classification: A61B,A61C

Abstract:
1. Medical or dental-medical instrument having a memory element for storing data such as identification, date, and/or operational parameter data, wherein the memory element is capable of overwriting the data by other data, and wherein the instrument has a coupling part with which it can be coupled to a corresponding coupling part of a supply line of a supply apparatus for the supply of the instrument with media, a sterilization apparatus, and a maintenance apparatus, wherein, the coupling part is formed by means of coupling recess arranged rearwardly on the instrument or a coupling pin standing up rearwardly from the instrument, and wherein the memory element is arranged in a sleeve wall surrounding the coupling recess and is accessible for the corresponding coupling part from a inner surface of the sleeve wall or from a rearward annular end surface of the ring wall, or is arranged in the coupling pin and is accessible from a surface of the coupling pin or is arranged in a base of the coupling pin behind an annular step surface and is accessible from the annular step surface.