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  • A61B90/39—Markers, e.g. radio-opaque or breast lesions markers
  • A61B2090/3987—Applicators for implanting markers
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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Definitions

• the invention relates to a system and a method for marking any non-living or living objects, in particular medical instruments, implants, components such. Tools, machines, clothing, jewelery and much more, as well as a marking element and the use of selbigen to mark any object, in particular for object control and object management.
• WO 2007/090387 A2 discloses a method for marking medical instruments, in which a layer of a mixture of polymerizable acrylates or methacrylates or of a solid, partially polymerized mixture of polymerizable acrylates or methacrylates is applied to the instrument to be marked, after which the polymerization the mixture is started and the mixture is cured on the instrument, wherein said coated layer itself has a color or at least is so transparent that it is colored by an underlying colored layer.
• the invention has for its object to provide an apparatus and a method for marking of the type mentioned, which allow the object to be marked, so e.g. a medical instrument, a medical one
• Implant a tool or the like (The term "object” in the following all types of living or non-living objects, including animals and humans should include) in simple and eg on the part of the manufacturer of an object to be marked, but especially on the part of the user of a corresponding object easy to be provided with a robust marking, which also withstands loads, such as those occurring during autoclaving of a medical instrument.
• a marking element used for marking particular information which goes far beyond the information contained in a pure color marking and e.g. by means of special read-out devices, e.g. a bar code or data matrix code reader, but especially by means of an RFID chip reader can be read and enable automated object control and automated object management.
• Another aspect of the invention is the automated object control and object management enabled by the marker.
• the object is achieved by a device having the features of claim 1 and a method having the features of claim 33.
• Claim 27 relates to a marking element for marking an object.
• the subordinate claim 57 relates to a correspondingly marked object.
• Advantageous embodiments and further developments are the subject of the corresponding subclaims.
• Fig. 1 shows a first embodiment of a marking element according to the invention in side view.
• Fig. 2 shows the marking element of FIG. 1 in plan view of the
• Fig. 3 shows a section through a receiving bore according to the invention in an object to be marked. - A -
• FIG. 4 shows a section through the bore according to FIG. 3 with inserted marking element according to FIG. 1.
• Fig. 5 shows a highly schematic diagram of a drill according to the invention for introducing a receiving bore in an object to be marked.
• Fig. 6 shows a schematic side view of a second
• Embodiment of a marking element with incorporated RFID chip wherein the position of the RFID chip is indicated by a dashed line.
• FIG. 7 shows the marking element according to FIG. 6 in the central longitudinal section according to the line VII - VII in FIG. 6.
• FIG. 8 shows a plan view of the underside of the marking element according to FIG. 6.
• Fig. 9 shows a portion of an object with a receiving bore into which a marking element according to FIGS. 6 to 8 is inserted.
• FIG. 10 shows a section along the line X-X through the object according to FIG. 9.
• Fig. 11 shows a third embodiment of a marking element in
• Fig. 12 shows a schematic diagram of a vacuum holder for a
• Marking element in which a marking element for the purpose of pressing into an object to be marked can be maintained.
• FIG. 13 shows a schematic diagram of the vacuum holder according to FIG. 12 with inserted marking element.
• FIGS. 1 and 2 a first exemplary embodiment of a marking element according to the invention designated in its entirety by FIG. 10 is shown once in side view (FIG. 1), once in plan view on the underside (FIG. 2), d h
• a marking element is a substantially circular cylindrical member having a lateral surface 12 and two
• End faces 14 and 16 wherein in the intended mounting state to the bottom of a marking hole facing lateral surface 14 is chamfered, ie, that a conical section, the so-called chamfer 18, formed in the transition region between the lateral surface 12 and the end face 14 It should be emphasized at this point that instead of circular cylindrical also marking elements with others
• Cross-sectional shapes eg oval or polygonal shapes
• circular-cylindrical marking elements are preferred
• the chamfer 18 facilitates on the one hand the imports of the marking elements in the
• Mounting hole serves as a centering aid and shows the other to the user, which is to show the end faces to the bottom of the mounting hole
• the marking plug 10 is made of colored (including white or black), transparent or translucent Kunststoffmate ⁇ al In particular, it may be formed multi-colored It is possible to make the end face, which is to show the bottom of the mounting hole, color differently than the rest of the marking element and characterized in that an operator who operates a press for pressing the marking element into a bore, can easily align the marking element in the correct manner for drilling
• the marking element is preferably made of a plastic whose thermal expansion coefficient is greater than the thermal expansion coefficient of the object to be marked, in particular greater than the coefficient of thermal expansion of steel or stainless steel or titanium, so that even if the marked object is subjected to a heat treatment, such as during autoclaving, a secure press fit of the marking element is ensured in the corresponding receiving bore For the rest, it has proved to be advantageous if the marking element prior to insertion into the receiving bore of a
• the marking element can consist of polyetheretherketone (PEEK) or a polymerizable acrylate or methacrylate or a mixture of polymerizable acrylates and methacrylates
• Marking plug from a light, in particular UV light, or from a pressure and / or temperature-curing plastic
• the marking plug consists of a polymerizable acrylate or methacrylate or a mixture of polymerizable acrylates and methacrylates
• the acrylates or methacrylates are preferably monomers having at least two
• the monomers may be selected from the group formed by
• Trimethylolpropane methacrylate tetraethylene glycol diacrylate, diethylene glycol diacrylate,
• Ethylene glycol diacrylate polyethylene glycol diacrylate-forming monomers, butanediol diacrylate, hexanediol diacrylate, decanediol diacrylate, dodecanediol diacrylate,
• the monomers may also comprise urethane dimethacrylate and / or tetraethylene glycol dimethacrylate or be selected from the group formed by BIS-GMA and TEDMA, mixtures of these compounds and mixtures of these compounds with monomers selected according to claim 18
• Such a mixture may further comprise a preferably non-crystalline filler, in particular a quartz sand, k ⁇ stalltransportm highly dispersed Silica, alumina, ceramics, glass, silanized glass powder, glass ceramic, Ba ⁇ um glass and mixtures of these fillers selected filler
• a preferably non-crystalline filler in particular a quartz sand, k ⁇ stalltransportm highly dispersed Silica, alumina, ceramics, glass, silanized glass powder, glass ceramic, Ba ⁇ um glass and mixtures of these fillers selected filler
• Such a mixture can then be 70 to 90% by weight, preferably 79% by weight BIS-GMA, 10 to 30% by weight, preferably 20% by weight TEDMA and 0 to 3% by weight, preferably 1% by weight, of crystal-free highly disperse silicon dioxide such that the sum of the components of the mixture is 100% by weight.
• the mixture may be polymerized with a photoinitiator, in particular with a photoinitiator having an activation wavelength of 400 to 500 nm, preferably 470 nm
• Said photoinitiator is preferably selected from the group formed by benzophenone, benzoin, an alpha-diketone, acylphosphine oxide, camphorquinone and derivatives thereof and mixtures of these photoinitiators
• the mixture may at least partly at a pressure above 1 bar, in particular about 2 bar and polyme ⁇ siert a temperature above 100 0 C be
• FIG. 3 shows a section through an object 22, which is indicated only schematically, namely by the rectangular outline 20, in the region of a receiving bore 24
• the receiving bore 24 at the bottom has two conical sections with different inclination to the central axis of the bore, which have arisen due to the use of the special, schematically illustrated in Figure 5 drill for introducing the bore.
• Figure 4 shows in itself for the introduction of the marking plug unnecessary shaping of the bottom serves as identification and quality assurance means
• Great and depth of the bore are matched to the invention mark plugs such that the cross-sectional area of the bore is slightly smaller than the cross-sectional area of the marking element used
• FIG. 4 shows a section through the object 22 in the region of the receiving bore with inserted marking element 10.
• the marking element has a certain elasticity and typically a diameter which is about 1 to 20, preferably about 2 to 10%, more preferably about 2.5 to 4% above the diameter of the receiving bore, wherein in one embodiment of the
• Diameter of the cross-sectional area for pressing into the receiving bore by compressing the marking element is reduced accordingly.
• the marking element is again slightly larger in diameter than the
• a provided for such a press fit marking element preferably has a substantially circular cylindrical shape, so that when inserting the marking element no alignment work must be done, as would be the case with a marking element with an oval or polygonal cross-section.
• FIG. 5 shows in highly schematic form an inventively designed drill 26, designated in its entirety by 26, for introducing round receiving bores into an object to be marked, only the outer contours, but not the individual cutting surfaces of the drill, being shown here.
• the region of the tip of the drill marked by the dashed circle 28 is shown in enlarged scale in the dot-dashed circle 30.
• the tip of the drill has two sections 32 and 34 that are different are strongly inclined to the central axis of the drill and cause the described in connection with FIG. 3 embodiment of the bottom of a corresponding bore.
• the inclinations are freely selectable.
• the first region may be more inclined to the central axis, ie, include a smaller angle with the central axis of the drill than the second region.
• more than two regions of different inclination can be provided.
• marking elements it is also possible to use wholly or partially transparent marking elements, with a colored element or a colored layer then being introduced into the receiving bore prior to the pressing in of the marking element.
• This element or layer may also consist of a thermochromic ink with an irreversible color change.
• a particularly preferred embodiment of the invention provides that in the marking element an information element, in particular a company logo, a
• FIGS. 6, 7 and 8 show an exemplary embodiment of a marking plug 40 according to the invention, in which such an information element, here in FIG.
• the marking element 40 like the marking element 10, has a substantially cylindrical shape with a lateral surface 42 and 2 end surfaces 44 and 46, the lower, i.e. in the intended mounting state, the surface of a corresponding receiving bore facing lateral surface 44 is in turn provided with a chamfer 48.
• an RFID chip 50 is incorporated in the marking element 40, which in this embodiment is incorporated into the marking element 40, which in this embodiment is incorporated into the
• the marking element is slightly higher in this embodiment than the marking element shown in Figure 1, so that it slightly protrudes as shown in Figures 9 and 10 when introduced into one of the receiving bore shown in Figure 3 from the object 52 to be marked in this exemplary embodiment, in order to improve the transmission properties of the RFID chip, ie its readability by appropriate reading devices It should be emphasized at this point, however, that depending on the configuration, in particular large of receiving bore and marking element is quite possible, the RFID chip so to arrange in the marking element that it is entirely in the receiving bore and still can be read, so that the marking element does not have to protrude from the receiving bore, but as shown in Figure 4 can conclude flush with the upper edge of the receiving bore
• a transmission amplification element in particular a femur plate 54, can be provided in the marking element in the intended mounting position below, ie, the bottom of a mounting bore. Otherwise, the marking element 56 shown in FIG Figures 6 to 8 shown marking element
• information elements in the marking element allows to accommodate a variety of information in addition to the pure color marking and, especially when using RFID chips, read out fully automatically Thus, for example, a number control of the instruments in the operating room both before and after Operation possible
• information may be stored in the information element, which refer to or include operating instructions, medical risk classification of the
• Instruments, cleaning and disinfection instructions, staining instructions, cleaning, disinfection and sterilization data which provide information on the date and time of the last performed cleaning / disinfection / sterilization, the frequency of use and the expiry date of the instrument, repair instructions and repair data as well as, of course, certain manufacturer's information including eg B For implants, information about the date and place of implantation, the physician in charge or other patient-specific data
• RFID chips as an information element has a number of great advantages expressly referred to and claimed in the invention to "on sight" informational elements, such as bar codes or file matrix codes, associated with soiled objects such as surgical instruments after their use in an operation under certain circumstances, only after a cleaning are readable, the RFID chips are independent of the degree of contamination of the object and also fully readable Also, the chips are compared to z B for repair work frequently performed manipulations resistant or their manipulation immediately on Sun is For example, when repairing certain surgical instruments, it is customary to grind them down and at the same time to remove certain manufacturing information.
• "on sight" informational elements such as bar codes or file matrix codes
• the described marking elements and the drill described form part of a marking system, which further not shown here holding means for an object to be marked, a drilling device for introducing the receiving bore for the marking element in the object to be marked by means of the drill shown and a pressing device for pressing the
• a marking system which further not shown here holding means for an object to be marked, a drilling device for introducing the receiving bore for the marking element in the object to be marked by means of the drill shown and a pressing device for pressing the
• a holder for a marking element designated in its entirety by 60, e.g. a marking element 50 formed as shown in FIG.
• the holder has a portion 62 which is formed so that the holder can be inserted into a conventional receptacle for a drill.
• the holder 60 after creating a hole in an object to be marked in the drilling device, which usually has means for
• Moving the object to be marked relative to the drill comprises, are used in exchange for the drill, so that then after inserting a marking element in the holder of the holder can be moved relative to the object to be marked, so that the marking element in the previously introduced bore is pressed in the object to be marked.
• This has the advantage that the already aligned relative to the drilling device to be marked object does not have to be changed.
• FIG. 13 shows the situation where the holder 60 is lowered onto an object 64 to be marked after previously inserting a marking element 50 around the holder 60, thereby forcing the marking element 50 into the object 64.
• the holder shown in Figures 12 and 13 advantageously comprises a direction indicated by the dashed lines channel 66, which is connectable with means not shown here for generating a negative pressure, so that an inserted into the holder 60 marking element in the holder by applying a negative pressure can be held.
• the receptacle for a marking element formed in the holder 60 is designed so that the pressure exerted by the holder on the marking element when pressed into an object to be marked is essentially limited to the edge regions of the marking element, so that one in the Marker element possibly arranged information element, in particular so an RFID chip, is not damaged when pressing the marking element into the object to be marked.
• FIG. 14 shows the two nestable parts 72 and 78 of a particularly preferred embodiment of a marking element according to the invention in various representations which are self-explanatory for the skilled person.
• the part 72 disposed in the intended state of assembly largely inside the part 78 is in perspective
• the part 72 has in this exemplary embodiment on its underside a bore 76, which serves for better handling of the part and in particular of the finished mounted marking element
• the part 78 shown in the lower area in FIG. 14 is analogous to the part 72 once in perspective view (a), in plan view on the upper side (b), in side view (c) and in section along the line AA (d) shown the part 78 is formed substantially in the manner of a cap into which the part 72 can be inserted.
• the dimensioning is such that when inserting, more precisely, pressing the
• Part 72 in the part 78 results in a tight fit
• FIG. 15 schematically shows the assembly of a marking element according to the invention comprising a part 72 with a receptacle 74 for an RFID chip 80 and a part 78. It should be noted that the in this
• the cavity remaining after insertion of the chip 80 into the receptacle 74 can be filled up, for example with silicone, but it has been shown that that this is not necessary in most applications
• FIG. 16 shows a completely assembled marking element in its entirety at 70, once in side view (a), once in section along the line AA 17 shows a perspective view of the situation shortly before marking any non-living object 82, into which a receiving bore 84 for receiving the marking element 70 is introduced
• FIG. 18 shows once in the middle section (a), once in perspective view (b) the
• Figures 19 to 24 show a further embodiment of a erfmdungsgeschreiben
• the marking element designated in its entirety by 90 is designed in the manner of a screw and can, as shown schematically in Figures 23 and 24, in any, provided with a corresponding threaded bore member 92nd
• the marking element comprises, in the manner of the marking element shown in FIG. 16, a part 94 which is shown once in FIG. 19 once in side view (a), once in section along the line AA (b), and in FIG Side view (a), once shown in section along the line AA (b) shown part 96 is pressed in this case, the part 94 again has two receptacles or holes
• FIG. 25 shows a further exemplary embodiment of a marking element according to the invention, designated in its entirety by 1 10, which consists of a part 112 and a part 14 which form a cavity for an information element, in particular an RFID chip 116 between them.
• FIG per se cylindrical part 114 at two points on its lateral surface flats 1 18, which allow an adhesive and sealant such as in particular silicone, as can be seen well in particular in Figure 26, to emerge from the marking element
• the marking element according to the invention allows a myriad of industrial applications, not only for the described acquisition of information in medical instruments, but also in particular in connection with the protection against plagiarism.
• Marker elements according to the invention can be introduced in various ways into objects which are to be marked. It can also be used to mark living objects, such as animals.
• the application thus also implies various new business processes, namely in particular the commercial marking of objects of various kinds with marking elements according to the invention, in particular with marking elements contactlessly readable information elements such as, in particular, RFID chips.
• the providers of such markings can also offer their customers certainty to store encrypted information which can only be read out by itself on the information elements in order to ensure a high degree of protection against counterfeiting.

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