Apparatus for inking a surgical instrument
AssigneeViscot Medical, LLC
InventorsGary J. PIERINGER, Matthew LEVINE
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for inking a surgical instrument are provided herein. In some embodiments, and apparatus for inking a surgical instrument includes: an inking capsule, comprising a base and a vertical wall extending from the base to define a cavity, the inking capsule having a first opening opposite the base; an ink reservoir disposed within the cavity, the ink reservoir having ink disposed therein and comprising a second opening proximate a top portion of the ink reservoir, and a penetrable seal covering the second opening to seal the ink in the ink reservoir when the seal is in an unbroken state.
Claims20
An apparatus for inking a surgical instrument, comprising:
- an inking capsule, comprising a base and a wall extending from the base to define a cavity, the inking capsule having a first opening opposite the base;
- an ink reservoir disposed within the cavity, the ink reservoir having ink disposed therein;
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- a penetrable seal covering the first opening to hermetically seal the ink within the inking capsule when the seal is in an unbroken state.
An apparatus for inking a surgical instrument, comprising:
- an inking capsule comprising a base and a first opening opposite the base;
- an ink reservoir disposed within the inking capsule, the ink reservoir having ink disposed therein and comprising a second opening proximate a top portion of the inking capsule;
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- a penetrable seal covering the first opening to hermetically seal the ink in the inking capsule when the seal is in an unbroken state.
A method of inking a portion of a surgical instrument, the method comprising:
- aligning the surgical instrument with an apparatus for inking the surgical instrument, the apparatus comprising:
- an inking capsule having a base and a first opening opposite the base;
- an ink reservoir disposed within the inking capsule, the ink reservoir having ink disposed therein;
- and
- a penetrable seal covering the first opening to hermetically seal the ink in the inking capsule when the seal is in an unbroken state;
- breaking the seal with the surgical instrument;
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- contacting the portion of the surgical instrument with the ink disposed in the ink reservoir, causing the ink to be disposed on the portion of the surgical instrument.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.