Surgical device with counter for recording usage

Details Surgical device with counter for recording usage Surgical device with counter for recording usage

1993-06-22

1995-09-05

Gellner, Michael L.

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Rotation counters

235118, 116306, G06M 100, G09F 900

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active

054480426

ABSTRACT:
Medical device having a counter for recording usage. A medical tool is provided having a proximal extremity. The tool having a collar fixed thereto and a cap. The cap includes a part which requires replacement and/or cleaning for each use of the tool. A detent assembly is carried by the cap and the collar and includes a rotatable counter wheel and a mechanism for causing advancement of the counter wheel from one number to the next number when the cap is separated from the collar so that the counter wheel is advanced by one increment each time the cap is removed and/or replaced on the collar to give an indication of the number of times that the device has been used.

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patent: 5261548 (1993-11-01), Barker et al.
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