Tube verifier

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8967461-B2
Application number	US-201414255724-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 17, 2014
Priority date	Dec 31, 2007
Publication date	Mar 3, 2015
Grant date	Mar 3, 2015

Abstract

There is provided a tube connector for connecting between a fluid sampling tube and a fluid analyzer, the tube connector includes an end face adapted to identify the tube connector, said end face comprising a reflecting surface having one or more reflective regions adapted to reflect light at a predetermined range of wavelengths.

First claim

What we claim is:

1. A tube connector, comprising:
an end face comprising at least two spectrally distinct reflective regions; and
an RFID tag;
wherein said at least two spectrally distinct reflective regions are configured to reflect light at different wavelengths; and
wherein said at least two spectrally distinct reflective regions are arranged such that a tube connection system of a fluid analyzer can identify recurring changes of reflectivity from said at least two spect…

Assignees

• Oridion Medical 1987 Ltd

Inventors

• Colman Joshua Lewis
• Botesazan Zion
• Itzhak Gal

Classifications

• G06K19/07758 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06K19/0614

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06K19/06028

  Physics · mapped topic

• F16L37/24

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• A61M25/0014

  Human Necessities · mapped topic