Patent ID: 7856795

Claim:
Method of preparing for authentication at least one batch of one or more containers ( 1 ) for medical use, said batch associated with a product of interest ( 10 ), each said container having at least one wall ( 3 ), said method comprising: (AB) generating at least one intrinsic identification code ( 5 ) for the batch; (AC) marking said plurality of containers ( 1 ) by providing a two-dimensional or three-dimensional intrinsic marking zone ( 4 ) in or on the wall ( 3 ) of each container ( 1 ) and reproducing, so as to be readable, said intrinsic identification code ( 5 ) in or on each container ( 1 ) identified by the latter, by the removal or modification of the constituent substrate of the wall ( 3 ); (AD) generating at least one extrinsic identification code ( 16 ) relating to the product of interest ( 10 ); and (AE) marking said plurality of containers ( 1 ) with an extrinsic marking means ( 15 ) that reproduces, so as to be readable, each extrinsic identification code ( 16 ); (AF) whereby each finished article ( 11 ) is authenticable by reading its intrinsic ( 5 ) and extrinsic ( 16 ) identification codes.