COLOR CODED MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS

摘要

The method of identifying sets of metal medical instruments includes the steps of creating a color plan for identifying metal medical instruments (902, 904, 906, 908), providing at least one medical instrument having a metal portion, and electro-depositing at least one colored waterborne urethane coating on the metal portion of each metal medical instrument in accordance with the plan. Each of the coatings is resistant to sterilization conditions with each color of the coatings contrasting with the instrument and with any other coating. The method further provides for allowing the coating to cure at a temperature in the range of 270 degrees to 350 degrees Fahrenheit for a time period in the range of 2 minutes to 50 minutes.