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Laser Marking Machines

Medical Markings – Revolutionizing the

Medical Industry

Medical markings are increasingly becoming the priority of the manufacturers of

medical equipment and devices due to their absolute significance in the medical

industry. The permanent marks are used for implants, medical instruments, and

devices. Despite of their importance, medical markings are not a very simple

concept to understand. These markings have special requisites such as ensuring

the abolition of the creation of hygiene traps.

Additionally, medical marks must survive autoclaves and passivation, which means

for the ease in tracing the manufacturer and the material in situations where

medical devices, implants and equipments stop to function, medical marks should

be made sufficiently permanent. However, avoiding the creation of hygiene traps

is impossible in marking processes mostly. The markings used for implants require

being bold and visible so that it is easy for the surgeons to identify them.

Moreover, to make marking implants permanent the marks have to place on

curved surfaces that only increase the complexity.

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Now the question is, with so many difficulties, how is one supposed to make

medical markings? The answer is ‘Laser Marking Machine’.

All the complexities of medical markings can be overcome by laser marking. Due

to their sensitivity, medical markings make use of lasers. These lasers range from

medium to high powered for making permanent marks. To create a hygiene-traps

free low impact surface laser markings are best, as they do not encounter the

curved surfaces. Moreover, lasers can give high marks visibility by making them

bold and clear.

The requisites of medical markings, which include permanent markings that are

free of hygiene traps, are bold, clear, and resistant to passivation, exist in almost

every country, especially in Europe. The reason for this is that CE marking

directives control the manufacturers of medical devices. The CE markings check

the devices for environmental, health and safety standards. This CE marking is

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must for every medical instruments being sold in Europe. Hence, this makes

employment of laser marks in the marking process even more necessary.

In present times, it is not only

medical equipments and devices that

are manufactured for impressing

medical marks precisely, but there

are many medical marking devices

too. The distinctive feature of these

marking devices is that, apart from

medical devices, they can also mark implant on the patient’s skin. Some of these

devices can embed vital data of the patient into the marking for the surgical

procedure and have the ability to leave a machine-readable marking.

Therefore, there is no denying the importance of medical markings in the medical

industry; they have advanced the medical procedures and systems immensely. It

wouldn’t be wrong to conclude that these markings have revolutionized the

industry. Not only do they provide easier detection of devices and implants,

medical markings have also made the surgical procedures extremely sophisticated.

It can be assumed that with the rapid innovation in technology, many other

benefits can be gained from medical markings.You can visit www.heatsign.com

also email us on info@heatsign.com or call us on +86 15061477073.

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