Patent ID: 8623275

Claim:
Method of disinfecting medical instruments in a disinfection chamber configured to implement an instrument disinfection cycle for disinfecting at least one instrument among a group of instruments and comprising a cable connection, wherein each instrument of the group has an active part and a cable, and is associated with a respective radiofrequency label on the cable connection containing respective identification information identifying said instrument among other instruments of the group, said method comprising: suspending the at least one instrument from a suspension bracket; wherein the chamber comprises a sensor, the sensor being integrated to the suspension bracket using a radiofrequency reader to acquire the respective identification information of each instrument subjected to the disinfection cycle, disinfecting the at least one instrument by emitting radiation from a UV radiation source, using the sensor of the disinfection chamber to acquire information characterising the disinfection cycle, and processing the identification and characterizing information by combining the respective identification information of each instrument subjected to the disinfection cycle and the information characterising the disinfection cycle in order to generate traceability information on the disinfection of each instrument subjected to the disinfection cycle in the disinfection chamber.