US 12,423,539 B2
Reading device for detecting a plurality of computer-readable codes, reading system and method for detecting a plurality of computer-readable codes
Jan Koch, Tuttlingen (DE)
Assigned to Aesculap AG, Tuttlingen (DE)
Filed by Aesculap AG, Tuttlingen (DE)
Filed on Apr. 11, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/632,603.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2023 109 249.9 (DE), filed on Apr. 12, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0346271 A1, Oct. 17, 2024
Int. Cl. G06K 7/14 (2006.01); G16H 40/40 (2018.01)
CPC G06K 7/1417 (2013.01) [G06K 7/1413 (2013.01); G16H 40/40 (2018.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A reading device for detecting at least one code of a medical device or a package of a medical device to assist a user, the at least one code being computer-readable, the reading device comprising:
a capturing device configured to capture an image of the medical device or the package of the medical device and to extract product data contained in the at least one code;
an interpretation device configured to interpret the product data and to check whether predetermined product information is present in the product data;
a code generating device configured to generate a result code from the product data; and
a transmission device with an interface for transmitting the result code to a hospital information system, wherein the transmission device is designed to transmit the result code to the hospital information system;
wherein the interpretation device is configured to determine, based on the product data extracted from the product data, whether a predefined set of relevant information for the medical device is contained in the product data of the at least one code and/or in a linked database stored in a storage unit of the reading device and/or in a storage unit of a server.