NL2017100B1 - An RFID tag mounted or mountable on surgical or medical equipment or on a surgical or medical instrument - Google Patents
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Abstract
An RFID tag (1) mounted or mountable on surgical or medical equipment or on a surgical or medical instrument (2) comprising: - a metal ring shaped holder (3), - a housing (4) supported by the metal ring shaped holder (3), and - an RFID element (5) placed in the housing (4), Wherein the metal ring shaped holder (3) is provided on a support (9) that is mounted or mountable on the surgical or medical equipment or instrument (2).
Description
An RFID tag mounted or mountable on surgical or medical equipment or on a surgical or medical instrument
The invention relates to an RFID tag mounted or mountable on surgical or medical equipment or on a surgical or medical instrument comprising: a metal ring shaped holder, a housing supported by the metal ring shaped holder, and an RFID element placed in the housing. US 9,033,251 discloses such an RFID tag, wherein the housing which is supported by the metal ring shaped holder is made of an electrically nonconductive or slightly conductive material wherein the RFID element is embedded. US 9,033,251 mentions as advantages that surgical instruments on which RFID tags are mounted are easy identifiable and traceable, without requiring any particular skill of the personnel. A notable advantage is that instruments with RFID tags mounted thereon reduce the risk that instruments remain in the body of the patient after surgery. Furthermore inventory and maintenance management can be improved when RFID tags are applied on the surgical or medical instruments and equipment. Examples are medical or rigid endoscopes and surgical power tools, but this is not an exhaustive enumeration.
Also US2011/0253793 discloses such an RFID tag. The metal housing of this RFID tag may be drilled, banded, etched, marked, welded, painted or otherwise processed without affecting the viability of the RFID tag.
When the metal ring shaped holder is welded on the surgical or medical instrument, this poses the problem that the supplier of the surgical or medical instrument is reluctant to uphold its guarantee provisions concerning the instrument, and that the CE Mark of the instrument is lost. The CE Mark is a requirement for products marketed in the European Economic Space; i.e. the countries of the European Union, Liechtenstein, Norway and Iceland.
Another problem with the known RFID tag disclosed by US 9,033,251 is that it is relatively sensitive to destruction of the housing in which the RFID element is embedded, caused by repetitive autoclave treatment which is required for certain surgical equipment and instruments.
It is an object of the invention to provide a solution for these problems.
The RFID tag of the invention has the features of one or more of the appended claims.
In a first aspect of the invention the RFID tag which comprises : a metal ring shaped holder, a housing supported by the metal ring shaped holder, and an RFID element placed in the housing, is provided with the feature that the metal ring shaped holder is welded on a support that is mounted or mountable on the surgical or medical equipment or instrument without welding on the surgical or medical equipment by arranging that the support has a base carrying the metal ring shaped holder wherein the base has on opposite sides legs that are closable around a part of the surgical or medical equipment to preferably form a closed ring that snugly fits around a part of the surgical or medical equipment or instrument.
This provides a solution for the first problem since by application of the support the metal ring shaped holder is welded on this support, whereas the support can be fitted without welding on the surgical or medical equipment. As a consequence the CE mark of the equipment is not compromised and the surgical or medical equipment is not altered so that the supplier of the equipment can and must maintain its guarantee provisions.
When the legs are closable it is not required to know the dimensions of the surgical or medical equipment beforehand. On the contrary the legs can be bent to the appropriate size at the time that the support will be mounted on the surgical or medical equipment or instrument.
In another preferred embodiment the legs are closed in themselves.
Further it may be preferable that the support is glued on the surgical or medical equipment or instrument in order to secure the one-to-one relation between the surgical or medical equipment or instrument and the RFID tag.
As a solution to the second problem which can be applied in combination with the above-mentioned solution for the first problem or separately therefrom, the housing is substantially or essentially contained within the metal ring shaped holder. This provides the advantage that the housing and the RFID element contained therein are better protected by the metal ring shaped holder against the abrasive influences of the repetitive autoclave treatment required for medical and surgical equipment. This applies both in case the housing comprises simply a void within the metal ring shaped holder wherein the RFID element is provided, as well as in case the housing comprises an epoxy resin within the metal ring shaped holder wherein the RFID element is embedded in the epoxy resin. In case the housing is a void within the metal ring shaped holder the RFID element can in certain embodiments be glued to avoid that it drifts around in the metal ring shaped holder.
Although in the prior art the housing is said to be of plastic or ceramic, these are not the only possibilities.
As mentioned when the housing is contained within the metal ring shaped holder it can simply be a void wherein the RFID element is provided. In certain embodiments it is preferred to apply epoxy resin for the housing. Epoxy resin is relatively cheap and is easy to mold into the required shape without leaving undesired air holes in the material or adjacent to the RFID element.
Preferably the metal ring shaped holder has a bottom edge and a top edge and a ring-shaped wall which tapers with a decreasing diameter from the bottom edge to the top edge. This tapering shape counteracts unintended removal of the housing and/or the RFID element out of the metal ring shaped holder. This applies in particular in case the housing is of a particular material. If the metal ring shaped holder is open at the top edge it is preferred to provide the metal ring shaped holder with a lid, which is transparent for electrical fields, to close off the top edge. This applies in particular when the housing is a void within the metal ring shaped holder. The lid may for instance be of a suitable plastic which is transparent for electrical fields to enable that the RFID element can com municate with an external antenna. For this purpose it is preferred that the lid is made of polyacetal (POM C) or polyoxy-methylene (POM).
It is also possible that the metal ring shaped holder has a bottom edge and a top edge wherein the bottom edge is mounted or arranged to be mounted on the surgical or medical equipment or instrument, and the top edge is provided with an inwardly protruding ridge to provide an aperture delimited by the top edge with a smaller diameter than the bottom edge.
This feature can be applied on its own standing or in combination with the previously mentioned feature of the tapering ring-shaped wall. Also in that case it is preferable that a lid which is transparent for electrical fields is applied to close off the top edge.
The invention is also embodied in surgical or medical equipment or a surgical or medical instrument provided with an RFID tag according to the invention. Non-limiting examples are medical or rigid endoscopes or surgical power tools.
The invention will hereinafter be further elucidated with reference to the drawing of exemplary embodiments of an application of a RFID tag according to the invention that is not limiting as to the appended claims.
In the drawing: -figure 1 shows surgical scissors provided with an RFID tag according to the invention; -figure 2 and 3 provide top-views of the RFID tag according to the invention placed on medical optics and medical bore-equipment respectively; -figures 4.1 and 4.2 show in cross-sectional view a first and second embodiment of the RFID tag according to the invention; -figures 5.1 and 5.2 show in cross-sectional view a third and fourth embodiment of the RFID tag according to the invention; -figures 6.1 and 6.2 show in cross-sectional view a fifth and sixth embodiment of the RFID tag according to the invention; -figure 7 shows an isometric view of an RFID tag according to the invention provided on a support which is embodied as a closed ring; -figure 8 shows the RFID tag of figure 7 mounted on a part of an optical medical instrument; -figure 9 shows a side view of an RFID tag according to a first embodiment of a support embodied with two legs mountable on an instrument; and -figure 10 shows a side view of an RFID tag according to a second embodiment of a support embodied with two legs mountable on an instrument.
Whenever in the figures the same reference numerals are applied, these numerals refer to the same parts.
Making first reference to figure 1 an RFID tag 1 is shown directly mounted on surgical scissors 2. In figure 2 and 3 the RFID tag 1 is positioned on medical optics and medical bore-equipment respectively.
The RFID tag 1 is in several embodiments shown in figures 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1 and 6.2.
In figure 7 the RFID tag 1 of the invention is shown mounted on a support 9 in the form of closed ring 14, whereas in figure 8 the support 9 with the RFID tag 1 are shown when slided on an optical medical instrument 2. The RFID tag 1 is thus indirectly mounted on the optical medical instrument 2 through the intermediate of the support 9.
As can be best seen in figures 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1 and 6.2., the different embodiments of the RFID tag 1 of the invention share the features that it comprises: a metal ring shaped holder 3, a housing 4 supported by the metal ring shaped holder 3, and an RFID element 5 placed in the housing 4. Another feature that preferably all embodiments share is that the housing 4 is substantially or essentially contained within the metal ring shaped holder 3. The housing 4 can be a void within the metal ring shaped holder 3 or may comprise a particular material, such as plastic or ceramic. If the housing 4 comprises a material it is preferred that this material is epoxy resin.
Figures 4.1 and 4.2 show a first and second embodiment wherein the metal ring shaped holder 3 has a bottom edge 3' and a top edge 3'' and a ring-shaped wall 6 which tapers with a decreasing diameter from the bottom edge 3' to the top edge 3'’ . In figure 4.1 the embodiment is shown that the housing 4 comprises an epoxy resin wherein the RFID element 5 is embedded. In figure 4.2 the embodiment is shown that the housing 4 is a void within the metal ring shaped holder 3 wherein the RFID element 5 is provided. Preferably the RFID element 5 is then glued within the metal ring shaped holder 3 to prevent that it drifts around. It is further shown that a lid 15 closes off the top edge 3'' of the metal ring shaped holder 3.
Figures 5.1 and 5.2 show the embodiment that the metal ring shaped holder 3 has a bottom edge 3' and a top edge 3'' wherein the bottom edge 3' (as is also the case in the embodiments of figures 4.1, 4.2 and figures 6.1 and 6.2) is mounted on the surgical scissors 2, and the top edge 3'' is provided with an inwardly protruding ridge 7. In figure 5.1 the ridge 7 provides the top edge 3'' with a smaller diameter of an aperture 8 delimited by the top edge 3'' than the bottom edge 3' which counteracts that the housing 4 comprising an epoxy resin escapes from the metal ring holder 3. In figure 5.2 the embodiment is shown that the housing 4 is a void within the metal ring shaped holder 3 wherein the RFID element 5 is provided, preferably by gluing. In this case a lid 15 placed behind the ridge 7 closes off the top edge 3'' and the aperture 8 of the metal ring shaped holder 3.
Figure 6.1 and 6.2 show combinations of the features of the embodiments shown in figures 4.1, 4.2 and 5.1 and 5.2.
Turning back to figure 7 wherein is shown that the metal ring shaped holder 3 of the RFID tag 1 is provided on a support 9 that is mounted or mountable on a surgical or medical equipment 2, it is further shown that the support 9 has a base 10 carrying the metal ring shaped holder 3.
In figure 7 the support 9 is embodied as a closed ring 14 that snugly fits around a part of the surgical or medical equipment 2, as is shown in figure 8 in relation to an optical medical instrument. In figure 8 only a part of the optical medical equipment is shown on which the closed ring 14 is slided. To secure the mounting of the closed ring 14 on the optical equipment it is a preferable option to glue the ring 14 on the equipment 2.
As an alternative to the application of a closed ring 14 as figure 7 shows, the base 10 can on opposite sides be provided with disconnected legs 11, 12 by arranging that a slit is present in the ring 14 at the location of reference 13 in figure 7. The legs 11, 12 can then be arranged to be closa-ble around a part of the surgical or medical equipment 2 to which the RFID tag 1 must be connected. Figure 9 and figure 10 provide two examples of such a construction. In figure 9 the legs are rounded; in figure 10 the legs are rectangular. It will be clear for the skilled person that many shapes of the legs 11, 12 are feasible. As mentioned earlier the support 9, in particular the legs 11, 12 can be glued on the surgical or medical equipment to which the RFID tag 1 must be connected. Suitably gluing can be done with an epoxy resin, and follows laser welding of the legs 11, 12 to each other after fitting the legs around the surgical or medical equipment.
Although the invention has been discussed in the foregoing with reference to exemplary embodiments of the RFID tag of the invention and its use, the invention is not restricted to these particular embodiments which can be varied in many ways without departing from the invention. The discussed exemplary embodiments shall therefore not be used to construe the appended claims strictly in accordance therewith. On the contrary the embodiments are merely intended to explain the wording of the appended claims without intent to limit the claims. The scope of protection of the invention shall therefore be construed in accordance with the appended claims only, wherein a possible ambiguity in the wording of the claims shall be resolved using these exemplary embodiments.
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