Biological Sample Containment System and Label

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016015598-A1
Application number	US-201514755224-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 30, 2015
Priority date	Jul 17, 2014
Publication date	Jan 21, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A biological sample containment system that includes a biological specimen collection container for collecting a biological sample and a label for the container is disclosed. In one embodiment, the label includes a first or front side and a second or rear side having a readable information portion. The label is affixable to the container by the second side and with the label affixed to the container, the readable information portion on the second side is readable through a portion of the container. By including readable information on the second or rear side of the label, the amount of readable information that can be included on the label is increased by using the previously unused rear side of the label.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A label for a container for collecting a biological sample, the label comprising:
a first side; and a second side having a readable information portion, the label affixable to the container by the second side, wherein with the label affixed to the container, the readable information portion on the second side is readable through a portion of the container.

2 . The label of claim 1 , wherein the second side includes a first readable information portion and a second readable information portion above the first readable information portion, wherein with the label affixed to the container, at least one of the first readable information portion and the second readable information portion is readable through a portion of the container.

3 . The label of claim 2 , wherein at least a part of the first readable information portion is a fill line indicator and at least a part of the second readable information portion is a barcode.

4 . The label of claim 1 , wherein at least a part of the readable information portion is a fill line indicator.

5 . The label of claim 1 , wherein at least a part of the readable information portion is a barcode.

6 . The label of claim 1 , wherein at least a part of the readable information portion comprises electronically readable information.

7 . The label of claim 1 , wherein at least a part of the readable information portion comprises an inversion indicator.

8 . The label of claim 1 , wherein at least a part of the readable information portion comprises a hemolysis indicator.

9 . The label of claim 1 , wherein at least a part of the readable information portion comprises an order of draw indicator.

10 . The label of claim 1 , wherein the first side includes an outfacing readable information portion.

11 . The label of claim 10 , wherein at least a part of the outfacing readable information portion includes a time indicator.

12 . The label of claim 10 , wherein at least a part of the outfacing readable information portion includes a temperature indicator.

13 . The label of claim 10 , wherein at least a part of the outfacing readable information portion includes a hemolysis indicator.

14 . The label of claim 10 , wherein at least a part of the outfacing readable information portion comprises machine readable information.

15 . The label of claim 1 , wherein the first side is opposite the second side.

16 . A biological sample containment system, comprising:
a container for containing a biological sample; and a label capable of being affixed to the container, the label comprising:
a first side; and
a second side having a readable information portion, the label affixable to the container by the second side,
wherein with the label affixed to the container, the readable information portion on the second side is readable through a portion of the container.

17 . The biological sample containment system of claim 16 , wherein the second side includes a first readable information portion and a second readable information portion above the first readable information portion, wherein with the label affixed to the container, at least one of the first readable information portion and the second readable information portion is readable through a portion of the container.

18 . The biological sample containment system of claim 16 , wherein at least a part of the first readable information portion is a fill line indicator and at least a part of the second readable information portion is a barcode.

19 . The biological sample containment system of claim 16 , wherein at least a portion of the container is transparent.

20 . The biological sample containment system of claim 16 , wherein at least a part of the readable information portion is a fill line indicator.

21 . The biological sample containment system of claim 16 , wherein at least a part of the readable information portion is a barcode.

22 . The biological sample containment system of claim 16 , wherein at least a part of the readable information portion comprises electronically readable information.

23 . The biological sample containment system of claim 16 , wherein at least a part of the readable information portion comprises an inversion indicator.

24 . The biological sample containment system of claim 16 , wherein at least a part of the readable information portion comprises a hemolysis indicator.

25 . The biological sample containment system of claim 16 , wherein at least a part of the readable information portion comprises an order of draw indicator.

26 . The biological sample containment system of claim 16 , wherein the first side includes an outfacing readable information portion.

27 . The biological sample containment system of claim 26 , wherein at least a part of the outfacing readable information portion includes a time indicator.

28 . The biological sample containment system of claim 26 , wherein at least a part of the outfacing readable information portion includes a temperature indicator.

29 . The biological sample containment system of claim 26 , wherein at least a part of the outfacing readable information portion includes a hemolysis indicator.

30 . The biological sample containment system of claim 26 , wherein at least a part of the outfacing readable information portion comprises machine readable information.

Assignees

• Becton Dickinson Co

Inventors

• Provencher Eric John
• Russ Craig Owen
• Yoo Bo Yon Lillian
• Crawford Jamieson W

Classifications

• G09F3/0297

  including a machine-readable marking, e.g. a bar code (digitally marked record carriers in general G06K19/00) · CPC title

• A61B5/150786

  Optical identification systems, e.g. bar codes, colour codes · CPC title

• A61B5/153

  {Devices} specially adapted for taking samples of venous or arterial blood, e.g. with syringes · CPC title

• B01L2300/0858

  Side walls · CPC title

• G09F2003/0216

  for containers · CPC title