# US 10,478,379 B2 · Biological sample containment system and label > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,478,379 B2 - Document ID: US10478379B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/755,224 - Filed: 2015-06-30 - Published: 2016-01-21 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2014-07-17 - Assignees: Becton, Dickinson and Company - Applicants: Becton, Dickinson and Company - Inventors: Eric John Provencher; Craig Owen Russ; Bo Yon Lillian Yoo; Jamieson W. Crawford - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10478379B2 ## CPC - A61J 1/00: Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes (capsules or the like for oral use A61J3/07; specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments A61B50/30; containers for radioactive substances G21F5/00) - A61B 5/15003: {for venous or arterial blood} - A61B 5/150786: {Optical identification systems, e.g. bar codes, colour codes} - A61B 5/153: {Devices} specially adapted for taking samples of venous or arterial blood, e.g. with syringes - B01L 3/5453: {for test tubes} - G09F 3/02: Forms or constructions (layered products B32B) - G09F 3/0297: {including a machine-readable marking, e.g. a bar code (digitally marked record carriers in general G06K19/00)} - G09F 3/10: by an adhesive layer - G09F 3/203: {specially adapted to be attached to a transparent surface, e.g. the window of a car} - B01L 2300/021: Identification, e.g. bar codes - B01L 2300/022: Transponder chips - B01L 2300/0858: Side walls - G09F 2003/021: {Indicia behind the front foil} - G09F 2003/0216: {for containers} - G09F 2003/0272: {Labels for containers} - A61J: CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - B01L: CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE - G09F: DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A biological sample containment system, comprising: a container for containing a biological sample, the container having a top and a bottom disposed opposite the top; and a label capable of being affixed to the container, the label comprising: a first side; a second side, the label affixable to the container by the second side, the second side includes a first readable information portion comprising a fill line indicator and a second readable information portion comprising a barcode indicator above the first readable information portion; a first top edge portion, a second bottom edge portion opposite and substantially parallel to the first top edge portion, a third edge portion, and fourth edge portion, the third and fourth edge portions each extending from the first top edge portion to the second bottom edge portion, wherein the third edge portion and the fourth edge portion are each longer than the first top edge portion and the second bottom edge portion, wherein the barcode indicator is disposed between the fill line indicator and the first top edge portion, wherein the top of the container is disposed adjacent the first top edge portion, wherein the bottom of the container is disposed adjacent the second bottom edge 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, and wherein with the label affixed to the container and with the biological sample filled within the container to the fill line indicator, the second readable information portion is readable through a portion of the container. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The biological sample containment system of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the container is transparent. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The biological sample containment system of claim 1, wherein the barcode indicator includes electronically readable information. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The biological sample containment system of claim 1, wherein the barcode indicator includes inversion indicator information. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The biological sample containment system of claim 1, wherein the barcode indicator includes hemolysis indicator information. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The biological sample containment system of claim 1, wherein the barcode indicator includes order of draw indicator information. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The biological sample containment system of claim 1, wherein the first side includes an outfacing readable information portion. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The biological sample containment system of claim 7, wherein at least a part of the outfacing readable information portion includes a time indicator. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The biological sample containment system of claim 7, wherein at least a part of the outfacing readable information portion includes a temperature indicator. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The biological sample containment system of claim 7, wherein at least a part of the outfacing readable information portion includes a hemolysis indicator. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The biological sample containment system of claim 7, wherein at least a part of the outfacing readable information portion comprises machine readable information. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The biological sample containment system of claim 1, wherein the fill line indicator includes a high fill indicator and a low fill indicator. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The biological sample containment system of claim 1, wherein the barcode indicator includes information identifying the biological sample. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The biological sample containment system of claim 1, wherein the barcode indicator includes information identifying the container. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The biological sample containment system of claim 1, wherein with the label affixed to the container and with the container in an upright position, the second readable information portion is above the first readable information portion.