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Work piece with a machine-readable data carrier

  • US 20040099724A1
  • Filed: 10/28/2003
  • Published: 05/27/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for putting a machine-readable data storage medium (1) on a workpiece (2), particularly on a surgical instrument, where a data section (3) contains individual depressions (4) which form a total of one two-dimensional matrix code, characterized in that the depressions are made by a cutting work process, particularly by drilling or milling, and in that the data section (3) is put on the work tool (2) as a planar surface (17) which is set back from the adjacent workpiece surface before the depressions (4) are made.

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