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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2008
Applicants:
Kenneth R. Blake, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Timothy M. Scanlan, St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Kenneth R. Blake, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Timothy M. Scanlan, St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
Scanlan International, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 13/14 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Color coding tape having one or more RFID tags are attached to surgical instruments or other medical devices. Information relating to the medical devices can be written to and/or read from the RFID tags. The medical devices can be usually identified by the color coding tape.