摘要 |
A surgical system console (12) having an electronic identification system (21), such as a bar code scanner (21), magnetic reader or other sensor, e.g., optical, magnetic or other system that works in conjunction with a unique identifier (18) on the surgical pak (14) so as to identify the contents of the pak (14) to the surgical control (12) such as a CPU 118. That information can be used for a variety of further activities, such as inventory management, product usage, traceability, patient billing, collection of statistical data, or support, automatic setting of the surgical operating parameters by the surgical console, servicing and to print (220) out the contents of the surgical pack on a list (200) or any other recordable media e.g., DVD, CD-ROM, floppy disk, hard drive, ZIP drive. |