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• the traceability of these cycles can be carried out using labels affixed or engraved on these devices, such as an RFID label or a barcode label. A unique identifier for each medical device is then detectable by reading these labels, making it possible to establish the traceability of the reprocessing cycles for each medical device.
• Active RFID tags have an internal power supply such as a battery. This type of tag is capable of transmitting an electromagnetic signal to the tag reader with wireless technology, and does not require an interrogation signal from the tag reader. Of advantageously, the electromagnetic signal of an active RFID tag is more intense than that of a passive RFID tag.
• the system according to the invention comprises at least one metal plate arranged to be positioned in a movable manner outside the enclosure to prevent the reading of RFID tags outside the enclosure.
• the arrangement of at least one metal plate on one or more sides of the enclosure is adaptable depending on the location of the system.
• the system comprises at least two, three, four, five or six metal plates.
• the metal of the plates is chosen from conductors such as aluminum and stainless steels and/or from plastic materials (PET) metallized with electrical or magnetic dopants (such as aluminum, fluorine, or tin), so as to avoid reading RFID tags outside the enclosure.
• An aim of the present invention is to provide a method for reprocessing medical devices making it possible to improve the reliability of the reprocessing of medical devices.
• the invention relates to a method for reprocessing medical devices using a reprocessing system comprising the following steps: i. equipping at least one medical device to be reprocessed with at least one RFID tag; ii. positioning said at least one medical device comprising at least one RFID tag inside a reprocessing enclosure and maintaining each said at least one medical device in suspension using a support; iii. close the enclosure; iv.
• the activation of one or more reprocessing ejectors makes it possible to carry out one or more reprocessing cycles chosen from cleaning, disinfection, lubrication, and/or sterilization.
• each of the medical devices to be reprocessed is placed inside an envelope held in suspension using a support inside the enclosure.
• the envelope suspended using a support allows complete reprocessing of the medical device.
• the envelope is a sterilization pouch.
• each of the envelopes includes an RFID tag.
• the traceability of the envelope containing a device is ensured until its use.
• the method makes it possible to trace the period during which the device in its envelope is sterile. This is particularly advantageous in cases where sterility is limited to a few days.
• the RFID tag readers are activated continuously throughout the duration of the reprocessing cycles.
• the identification information of each of the medical devices and the information of the reprocessing cycles are transmitted by the electronic control system to the data management system so as to acquire traceability information of each of the medical devices.
• This traceability information consists, for example, of the number of reprocessing cycles to which each device has already been subjected, and when, so as to determine an instantaneous status for each medical device indicating in particular whether reprocessing is due, but not yet carried out; if a reprocessing is in progress - in case both the RFID reader and the RFID identifiers remain active throughout a reprocessing cycle - or if a reprocessing has just been correctly carried out.
• this traceability information is acquired immediately by the data management system.
• an additional step of validating the reprocessing process can be considered, in which the data management system is configured to validate the reprocessing of each of the medical devices based on the traceability information.
• FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of a medical device reprocessing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the invention.
• FIG. 2 is a schematic representation of a medical device reprocessing system according to another embodiment of the invention.
• FIG. 3 is a schematic representation of the interior of the enclosure of a medical device reprocessing system in which the Supports have a movable part and allow adjustable orientation of the medical device relative to the position of the RFID tag reader.
• the enclosure (3) comprises right and left side walls, a rear side wall not shown, an upper wall, a lower wall and a door not shown allowing access to the interior of the enclosure (3).
• Maintaining medical devices in suspension as illustrated in Figure 1 allows effective reprocessing of a larger portion of the surfaces and/or cavities of medical devices (2).

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