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Removable ink for surgical instrument

  • US 8,808,285 B2
  • Filed: 05/28/2013
  • Issued: 08/19/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2009
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A single-use surgical instrument system, comprising:

  • an electrosurgical energy source that conducts electric current;

    a scanning device configured to read a removable ink and adapted to couple to the electrosurgical energy source; and

    a surgical instrument, comprising;

    a housing, an electrical connector, and a treatment component, wherein at least one of the housing, the electrical connector, and the treatment component is configured to accept the removable ink in the form of indicia printed thereon readable by the scanning device, the removable ink including a protein-based composition activateable by a sterilization solution having an enzyme-based composition such that upon a sterilization of the instrument with the solution, the removable ink reacts with the sterilization solution and the indicia becomes unreadable by the scanning device.

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