Removable ink for surgical instrument

Details Removable ink for surgical instrument Removable ink for surgical instrument

A - Human Necessities

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A61B 19/00 (2006.01) A61B 17/00 (2006.01) G06K 9/18 (2006.01) A61B 18/12 (2006.01) C09D 11/00 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2723959

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for preventing reuse of a surgical instrument. The single-use surgical instrument includes a housing, an electrical connector and a treatment component. Indicia may be printed on the housing, the electrical connector and/or the treatment component. A removable ink is applied to any portion of the surgical instrument in the form of indicia that is readable by a scanning device. The removable ink includes a protein-based composition that is reactivateable with a sterilization solution having an enzyme-based composition such that upon sterilization, the removable ink reacts with the sterilizing solution and becomes unreadable by the scanning device.

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