Living tissue implant with electrical transponder marker
First Claim
1. In an implant adapted for implantation in a human, said implant being comprised at least in part of living tissue, the improvement comprising a transponder associated with said implant so that said transponder is implantable as said implant is implanted, said transponder having means for being encoded with a unique tag so that said transponder may be readily identified after implantation by reading said unique tag.
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Abstract
A passive transponder may be encoded with a number or code of up to 64 binary bits and then associated with or mounted to virtually any living tissue implant for implantation in a human. After implantation, the transponder'"'"'s code may be conveniently read with a hand held electromagnetic reader which may merely be brought within proximity of the transponder. The encoded transponder may thus be read in a non-invasive procedure and without the use of any sophisticated or potentially harmful medical equipment or technology such as X-ray. The information encoded in the transponder may correspond to patient demographics and implant data to aid in tracking the implant'"'"'s progress and use for medical as well as legal reasons.
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14 Claims
- 1. In an implant adapted for implantation in a human, said implant being comprised at least in part of living tissue, the improvement comprising a transponder associated with said implant so that said transponder is implantable as said implant is implanted, said transponder having means for being encoded with a unique tag so that said transponder may be readily identified after implantation by reading said unique tag.
- 8. An implant intended for human implantation, said implant being comprised at least in part of living tissue and including a transponder associated therewith so that said transponder is implantable as said implant is implanted, said transponder having means for being encoded with a unique identifier so that said transponder'"'"'s identifier may be read after implantation and associated with a data base for reporting selected data corresponding to said implant.
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