Tissue markings and methods for reversibly marking tissue employing the same

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8039193
APP PUB NO 20090076535A1
SERIAL NO

11898570

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Provided are methods of applying a tissue marking to a tissue and rendering said tissue marking colorless when desired, comprising implanting into the tissue an amount of the tissue marking in sufficient quantity to form a detectable marking, said tissue marking comprising at least one colored compound comprising a thermally activatable fragmentation group and at least one infrared absorbing compound, wherein the at least one colored compound is capable of being rendered colorless by unimolecular fragmentation of the thermally activatable fragmentation group when the tissue marking is non-imagewise exposed by a source of infrared radiation and applying sufficient infrared radiation to a sufficient amount of the tissue marking to render the tissue marking colorless when desired.

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PERFORMANCE INDICATOR LLC116 JOHN STREET LOWELL MA 01852

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Agrawal, Satish Concord, US 59 3780
Boggs, Roger Lowell, US 3 6

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