Tracking system and method for medical devices
First Claim
1. A tracking system for medical devices comprising:
- a closure and packaging for said closure,said closure initially and removably disposed within said packaging in a contained position,a label connected to said closure and disposed within said packaging in a reduced orientation with said closure,a coded identifier formed on an exposed surface of said label in a substantially reduced orientation;
said coded identifier comprising at least a first and second coded segments,a container attached to said closure upon an opening of said packaging,said label disposed into an expanded orientation upon removal of said closure and said label from said packaging,said label disposed into interconnecting attached engagement with both said closure and said container when in said expanded orientation,each of said first and second coded segments disposed on said label in aligned relation with a different one of said closure and said container.
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Abstract
A tracking system for medical devices which may include a closure and a container and a method for implementation the tracking system. Packaging removably retains the closure therein and a label is connected to the closure in an at least initially reduced orientation within the packaging. The packaging is structured for receipt of at least a portion of the container to establish an attached relation to the closure, whereupon the attached closure and container are concurrently removed from the packaging. The label is disposed in an expanded orientation and connected to both the closure and the container and includes a coded identifier having at least first and second coded segments. The coded identifier, including the first and second coded segments, include coded indicia may be machine readable and structured to define an identifying, matching relation of the closure and the container.
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19 Claims
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1. A tracking system for medical devices comprising:
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a closure and packaging for said closure, said closure initially and removably disposed within said packaging in a contained position, a label connected to said closure and disposed within said packaging in a reduced orientation with said closure, a coded identifier formed on an exposed surface of said label in a substantially reduced orientation;
said coded identifier comprising at least a first and second coded segments,a container attached to said closure upon an opening of said packaging, said label disposed into an expanded orientation upon removal of said closure and said label from said packaging, said label disposed into interconnecting attached engagement with both said closure and said container when in said expanded orientation, each of said first and second coded segments disposed on said label in aligned relation with a different one of said closure and said container. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of implementing a tracking system for medical devices, said method comprising:
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structuring a label to include a coded identifier on an exposed surface thereof and attaching the label to a closure, disposing the closure and the label in a packaging, while the label is in a reduced orientation, positioning a container at least partially within said packaging in attached relation to said closure, removing the attached closure and container from the packaging concurrent to said label being in said reduced orientation, configuring the coded identifier to include at least first and second coded segments, disposing the label into an expanded orientation upon removal of the attached closure and container from the packaging, attaching the label, while in the expanded orientation, to the container and in interconnecting relation between the closure and the container, and aligning each of said first and second coded segments with a different one of the cover and the container. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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