METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING, INVENTORYING, AND SUPPLYING MEDICAL COMPONENTS

• Main Authors: PENDLETON, JOHN, E, ACKER, DEAN, M.J, BROWN, JEFFREY, D, EARL, BRIAN, D
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 26.08.2010
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONTECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING ORPROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTEDFOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS; PHYSICS; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

The present invention relates to methods for the manufacturing, inventorying, and supplying of medical components. In one exemplary embodiment, the method includes fabricating individual subcomponents of a modular medical device system as finished goods. The finished subcomponents may then be sterilized, stocked, and inventoried and, upon request from a consumer, the individual subcomponents may be supplied to the consumer. For example, the consumer may be a hospital, a surgeon, or a sales representative. Once the individual subcomponents are received by the consumer, the individual subcomponents may then be assembled by the consumer to form a final, implantable medical device. La présente invention concerne des procédés de fabrication, d'inventaire, et de fourniture de composants médicaux. Dans un exemple de mode de réalisation, le procédé comprend la fabrication de sous-composants individuels d'un système de dispositif médical modulaire en tant que produits finis. Les sous-composants finis peuvent alors être stérilisés, stockés, et inventoriés et, sur demande d'un consommateur, les sous-composants individuels peuvent être fournis au consommateur. Par exemple, le consommateur peut être un hôpital, un chirurgien, ou un représentant de commerce. Lorsque le consommateur a reçu les sous-composants individuels, il peut alors les assembler pour former un dispositif médical implantable final.