MEDICAL EQUIPMENT USED HOSPITALS

Brand	Owner	Address	Description
ADVANSIS	Surgical Instrument Service Company	250 Tubeway Drive Carol Stream IL 60188	Medical equipment used in hospitals, surgery centers and outpatient clinics, namely rigid endoscopes, flexible endoscopes, pneumatic and electrical medical equipment handpieces, power equipment used for medical equipment, namely saws, power drills, power reamers, and power shavers, and video systems used with medical equipment, laparoscopic medical instruments and general stainless steel medical instruments;
	Where the owner name is not linked, that owner no longer owns the brand

Technical Examples

A disposable medical item for use with medical equipment includes circuitry forming an electrical path between the item and medical equipment. The circuitry is coupled to a medical equipment controller or independent microprocessor and includes a fuse. The controller transmits a status signal over the path in response to the equipment receiving the item. A disabled fuse prevents traversal of the path by the status signal, thereby indicating prior item use. If the controller does not detect the status signal, medical equipment operation is disabled. Otherwise, the controller transmits over the path a signal sufficient to disable the fuse to indicate item use and verifies the disabled fuse status. If the disabled fuse status is verified, the controller enables equipment operation. The controller periodically checks the fuse status during equipment operation and disables operation in response to a prior used item inserted into the medical equipment.