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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2018
Applicant:
Viscot Medical, Llc, East Hanover, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Gary Pieringer, Shrewsbury, NJ (US);
Matthew Levine, Selden, NY (US);
Assignee:
VISCOT MEDICAL, LLC, East Hanover, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); B43L 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 90/39 (2016.02); A61B 2090/395 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3916 (2016.02); B43L 25/008 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for inking a surgical instrument includes an inking capsule, which comprises a base and a vertical wall extending from the base to define a cavity. The inking capsule has a first opening opposite the base, an ink reservoir disposed within the cavity, where the ink reservoir has ink disposed therein. The ink reservoir comprises a second opening proximate a top portion of the ink reservoir, and a penetrable seal covering the second opening to seal the ink in the ink reservoir when the seal is in an unbroken state.