Implant removal aid for use with implants utilizing a data carrier
AssigneeWarsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
InventorMichael Casey Doherty
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Abstract
A storage system for packaging and storing medical devices with associated data carriers, or tags that can be used for tracking inventory levels and uses of an implant. The storage system includes at least one medical device, and at least one data carrier secured to the at least one medical device, the data carrier including an enlarged substantially planar surface. The storage system further includes a storage device having one or more cavities adapted to receive the medical device and data carrier, each cavity including a cut-out positioned at least partially beneath the enlarged substantially planar surface that allows at least a portion of the enlarged substantially planar surface to pass at least partially there-through.
Claims17
A medical device storage system comprising:
- at least one medical device;
- at least one data carrier secured to the at least one medical device, the data carrier including an enlarged substantially planar surface;
- a storage device comprising one or more cavities adapted to receive the medical device and data carrier, each cavity including a cut-out positioned at least partially beneath the enlarged substantially planar surface that allows at least a portion of the enlarged substantially planar surface to pass at least partially there-through.
A method for removing a medical device packaged together with a data carrier comprising:
- providing a storage device having a longitudinal axis and one or more cavities positioned along the longitudinal axis, the one or more cavities having positioned therein one or more medical devices having secured thereto a data carrier in which the data carrier includes an enlarged substantially planar surface, wherein the one or more cavities comprises a cut-out positioned beneath the enlarged substantially planar surface that allows at least a portion of the enlarged substantially planar surface to pass at least partially there-through;
- pressing on the substantially planar surface of the data carrier in a direction generally orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the storage device to push at least a portion of the data carrier at least partially through the cut-out, thereby raising up the opposite side of the data carrier;
- gripping the opposite side of the carrier;
- and
- removing the medical device and data carrier from the storage device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.