Claims
- 1. A method for rendering identifiable a transplant member comprised at least in part of living tissue, said method comprising the steps of:
- encoding a transponder with information concerning said transplant member, and
- contemporaneously transplanting said transplant member and implanting said transponder in a human,
- said transponder being encoded in a manner so that such information may be readily retrieved with a procedure which is noninvasive to the human.
- 2. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of physically securing said transponder to said transplant member so that said transplant member and transponder are implanted together and in physical proximity with each other.
- 3. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of physically securing includes affixing the transponder to the transplant member.
- 4. The method of claim 1 further comprising mounting the transponder within the profile of the transplant member.
- 5. The method of claim 1 wherein the transplant member is totally comprised of living tissue.
- 6. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of encoding said transponder comprises the step of encoding said transponder in a manner to enable the transponder to be read electromagnetically with the implant.
- 7. A method for rendering identifiable a transplant member in a human, the method comprising the steps of:
- encoding a transponder with information concerning a transplant member comprised at least in part of living tissue, and
- transplanting said transplant member and implanting said transponder in a human,
- said transponder being encoded in a manner so that such information may be readily retrieved with a procedure which is noninvasive to the human.
- 8. The method of claim 7 wherein the step of transplanting said transplant member and implanting said transponder in a human comprises contemporaneously transplanting said transplant member and implanting said transponder in a human.
- 9. The method of claim 7 further comprising the step of mounting the transponder within the profile of the transplant member.
- 10. The method of claim 7 wherein the step encoding a transponder with information concerning a transplant member comprised at least in part of living tissue comprises the step of encoding the transponder with information concerning a transplant member totally comprised of living tissue.
- 11. The method of claim 7 wherein said transponder is encoded in a manner to be read electromagnetically.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 08/221,706, filed Apr. 1, 1994, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,674,288, Oct. 7, 1997, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 934,785, filed Aug. 24, 1992, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,300,120.
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