Patent ID: 7533698

Claim:
An identifiable foreign material exclusion device for preventing foreign material from accessing a predetermined location in a cavity, comprising: a resilient body and an extraction member operatively connected to the body, wherein the device further includes an identification element that provides the device with an identifying characteristic adapted to be unique compared to at least a second foreign material exclusion device, wherein the identification element is an RFID tag that is adapted to be detected by a reader of an RFID system, wherein the body comprises a polymer, a rubber, or a polymer foam or rubber foam, wherein the extraction member includes a loop or the extraction member and body form a loop for aiding in removal of the device from the cavity, and wherein the body is compressible and adapted to be capable of fitting into the cavity and thereafter re-expandable to hold the device in place via a compression fit of the body in an internal location in the cavity thereby sealing a first side of the cavity from a second side of the cavity.