US 12,406,767 B2
Method for documenting a reprocessing of a reusable medical device and assembly therefor
Sebastian Jungbauer, Hamburg (DE); Sven Pabst, Giekau (DE); Hendrik Timmermann, Hamburg (DE); and Andreas Mueckner, Schwarzenbek (DE)
Assigned to Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH, Hamburg (DE)
Filed by OLYMPUS Winter & Ibe GmbH, Hamburg (DE)
Filed on Nov. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/386,058.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/448,377, filed on Feb. 27, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0290480 A1, Aug. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. G16H 40/40 (2018.01); G01K 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC G16H 40/40 (2018.01) [G01K 3/005 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for documenting a reprocessing of a reusable medical device, the reusable device comprising at least one temperature sensor configured to provide temperature data representing a temperature of the medical device, a real time clock (RTC) configured to provide timestamps and one or more processors comprising hardware configured to process the temperature data and the timestamps, wherein the method comprises:
monitoring the temperature of the medical device during the reprocessing; and
a) upon detecting the temperature exceeding a first predefined threshold, the one or more processors receiving and saving a first current timestamp provided by the RTC, and setting the one or more processors into a low-power mode, and
b) upon detecting the temperature falling below a second predefined threshold, setting the one or more processors into an active mode, and the one or more processors receiving and saving a second current timestamp provided by the RTC.