Specimen label
AssigneeBecton, Dickinson and Company
InventorsTimothy A. Stevens, Robert S. Golabek JR., Steven Savitz, Hugh T. Conway, Connie Hetzler, Eric Bainbridge
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Abstract
A substrate removably attached to a container that can be linked electronically to the operating stations in a laboratory and/or removed and subsequently attached to a document or another container. More particularly, the substrate is a partitioned label with human readable information and electronically readable information.
Claims15
A collection container comprising a label comprising a permanent section, a peel away section, a machine readable double bar code identification wherein the permanent section and the peel away section share said bar code identification.
The collection container of claim 4, wherein said peel away section is an elliptical shape.
A label system for use with a collection container, wherein said label comprises a base, a removable mechanical detachment section and an electronic data component extending from said base to said mechanical detachment section.
A method for identifying a specimen tube with a test request form, comprising:
- (i) providing a container with a label comprising a permanent section, a peel away section and a machine readable double bar code identification whereby said permanent section and said peel away section share said bar code identification;
- (ii) peeling away said peel away section from said label;
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- (iii) affixing said peel away portion to a test request form, or another container.
The method of claim 15, wherein said bar code identification includes tube characteristics, test requirements or patient identification.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.