Marking system and method for medical devices
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Aug 12, 2003
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Dec 21, 2000
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The invention is directed to a system and method of encoded markings on the body of medical devices such as guide-wires having limited surface for markings. The markings include indicators of characteristics, such as the design family, the size, and other pertinent specifications. The marking system of the invention comprise an spatially ordered series of marks on the surface of the device, with each mark corresponding to an information or data category. Each mark is coded with a value of the code property which is correlated with and expresses a particular data element within the data category and pertinent to the marked device specimen. The code property value may then be inspected or 'read' by the device user to evaluate the data element and obtain information regarding the marked device specimen.
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