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US 2014/0173871 A1Published application
Medical electrode including fluorescent marker
AssigneeCovidien LP
InventorsWarren Copp-Howland, Sriram Govindarajulu, John Riordan
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Abstract
A conductive composition having a transparent and colorless appearance under normal or ambient lighting and at least a dyed, translucent or fluorescent appearance under artificial lighting is provided. The composition includes a photo-reactive quantity of a dye-marker.
Claims11
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A method of manufacturing and/or inspecting an object including a quantity of a transparent and colorless conductive composition when viewed under normal or ambient lighting conditions, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing an object including a conductive composition having a photo-reactive quantity of a dye-marker;
- wherein the conductive composition has a transparent and colorless appearance under normal or ambient lighting and at least a dyed, translucent, or fluorescent appearance under artificial lighting;
- and
- exciting the object with an artificial light source to cause the photo-reactive quantity of the dye-marker to irradiate, whereby the conductive composition becomes at least one of colored, translucent and fluorescent.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.