Dual barcode labeling facilitating automated decapping
AssigneeBecton, Dickinson and Company
InventorCraig A. Gelfand
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Abstract
A specimen collection assembly and method for detecting the same are disclosed. The specimen collection assembly includes a specimen collection container having an open top end, a closed bottom end, and a sidewall extending therebetween defining an interior adapted to receive a biological specimen. The specimen collection container also includes first indicia containing information. The assembly further includes a cap having thereon second indicia, the cap being removably engagable with the open top end of the container. The second indicia contains the same information as the first indicia.
Claims13
A method of detecting a specimen collection assembly comprising:
- providing a specimen collection assembly comprising a specimen collection container having an open top end, a closed bottom end, a sidewall extending therebetween defining an interior adapted for receiving a specimen therein, and a first indicia disposed on at least a portion of the sidewall;
- a cap removably engagable with the open top end of the specimen collection container;
- a second indicia disposed on at least a portion of the cap;
- and a specimen disposed within the interior of the specimen collection container;
- detecting the second indicia with the cap engaged with the open top end of the specimen collection container, wherein the cap, when engaged with the open top end of the specimen collection container, at least partially obscures the first indicia disposed on the at least a portion of the sidewall;
- removing the cap from the specimen collection container;
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- subsequently detecting the first indicia.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.