title: Using manufacturing marks to identify counterfeits.
abstract: Manufactured objects can now be identified by individual characterisitics, just as humans can be identified by their irises or fingerprints. Using microscopic imperfections generated by the manufacturing process and the raw materials used to produce an object, digital imaging technologies can generate a unique "imprint." Therefore, it is possible to identify and to trace a medical device during its entire life.
authors.affiliation: AlpVision SA, Vevey, Switzerland. info@alpvision.com
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Meylan
mesh_terms: D020811:Biomedical Technology; D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D005607:Fraud