Two-dimensional bar codes in assisted reproductive technologies
AssigneeInguran, LLC
InventorsThomas B. Gilligan, Sam Hogue, Juan Moreno, Johnathan Charles Sharpe
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Abstract
A container suitable for storing biological material which is laser etched with a two-dimensional bar code and methods for producing the same. The container can be in the form of a straw having a thickness between about 0.1 mm and about 0.3 mm or can be in the form of another container that holds multiple straws. The laser etched mark can be in the form of a two-dimensional bar code may be located on an exterior surface of the container, and when the container is a straw, it remains unwarped and impermeable to fluids.
Claims37
A method comprising:
- a) obtaining reproductive cells which were derived from an identified source;
- b) processing the reproductive cells;
- c) marking a container with a two-dimensional bar code, wherein the step of marking is performed by laser etching the two-dimensional bar code into the container;
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- d) storing processed reproductive cells from the identified source in the marked container, wherein the two-dimensional bar code identifies the source of the reproductive cells.
A straw for containing a biological material comprising:
- an axial body defining an axial passage between a pair of body ends, the axial body having an exterior surface, an interior surface and a thickness between the exterior surface and the interior surface, wherein the thickness between the exterior surface and the interior surface is between about 0.1 mm and about 0.3 mm;
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- a laser etched mark in the form of a two-dimensional bar code on the exterior surface of the axial body, wherein the straw remains unwarped and impermeable to fluids.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.