Patent attributes
A tracking system for medical devices which may include a closure and a container and a method for implementation the tracking system. Packaging removably retains the closure therein and a label is connected to the closure in an at least initially reduced orientation within the packaging. The packaging is structured for receipt of at least a portion of the container to establish an attached relation to the closure, whereupon the attached closure and container are concurrently removed from the packaging. The label is disposed in an expanded orientation and connected to both the closure and the container and includes a coded identifier having at least first and second coded segments. The coded identifier, including the first and second coded segments, include coded indicia may be machine readable and structured to define an identifying, matching relation of the closure and the container.