Patent ID: 8152401

Claim:
A surgical skin marker system comprising: a handle body having a proximal end region and a distal end region, the distal end region including a distal end; a sterile marker tip including a working end and an attachment end shaped to attach to the distal end of the handle body, said sterile marker tip including at its working end a self-supplied absorbent material pre-wetted with a marking agent that is only provided in the pre-wetted absorbent material; and an opened container enclosing at least the working end of the sterile marker tip and presenting the attachment end for attachment to the handle body, whereby the sterile marker tip can be attached to the handle body without handling the sterile marker tip directly with the user's hand, thereby avoiding contamination of the sterile marker tip during attachment, and the pre-wetted sterile marker tip is self-supplied, requiring no marking agent from a reservoir.