Serial Numbers on Implantable Ports?
I think so. W quick online search for USfed laws/reg's, no luck.
From info below, in US (maybe elsewhere too), seems implanted med devices carry (or are likely to carry) serial numbers, & other data, like manuf. name & model number.
Another article (a nursing journal, sorry lost link), discussing “power ports” said something about using port's serial # on patient intake.
No money back guarantee on ^this^.
Is finding port --- w serial # --- w SM's remains, at Moffat site, or anywhere, of special use in re SM's homicide prosecution here? Other than testing it for drugs or poisons?
Okay, (marginally) better than port w'out serial #.
Welcoming info re reg's or opinion w other interp's.
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Article about Identifying Remains
"Visual identification is the most common identification method used by medical examiners but is not always possible. Alternative methods include X-ray, fingerprint, or DNA comparison, but these methods require additional resources. Comparison of serial numbers on implanted medical devices is a rapid and definitive method of identification."
"Identification of Bodies by Unique Serial Numbers on Implanted Medical Devices"
J Forensic Sci
. 2018 May;63(3):740-744.
Visual identification is the most common identification method used by medical examiners but is not always possible. Alternative methods include X-ray, fingerprint, or DNA comparison, but these methods require additional resources. Comparison of serial numbers on implanted medical devices is a...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
For anyone who wants to see pix of implanted device (not a port) w manu. name, serial #, etc. =>