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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2011
Timothy M. Scanlan, St. Paul, MN (US);
Nancy L. Arnold, Andover, MN (US);
Greg J. O'donnell, Brook Park, MN (US);
Timothy M. Scanlan, St. Paul, MN (US);
Nancy L. Arnold, Andover, MN (US);
Greg J. O'Donnell, Brook Park, MN (US);
Scanlan International, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
An information holder for holding informational documents used to track and identify medical instruments can be releasably attached to a sterilization container or tray. The information holder includes an autoclavable material pouch and a releasable attachment structure coupled to the pouch for securing the information holder to sterilization container or tray. The attachment structure can include adhesive or a handle-engaging member. The information holder can be removed from the container or tray after sterilization without breaching the sterilization of the contents contained within sterilization container or tray. The information holder can be re-attached to the same or a different container.