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.
Claims12
A specimen collection assembly comprising:
- a specimen collection container having an open top end, a closed bottom end, and a sidewall extending therebetween defining an interior adapted for receiving a specimen therein;
- a cap removably engagable with the open top end of the specimen collection container;
- a first label disposed on the sidewall of the specimen collection container;
- a second label disposed on a portion of the cap, wherein a first indicia comprising information is provided on the first label, wherein a second indicia comprising the same information as the first indicia is provided on the second label,
- wherein the first indicia and the second indicia comprise at least one of a matrix barcode, RFID tag, or linear barcode, and
- wherein the cap, when engaged with the open top end of the specimen collection container, at least partially obscures the first label disposed on the sidewall of the specimen collection container.
A specimen collection assembly comprising:
- a specimen collection container having an open top end, a closed bottom end, and a sidewall extending therebetween defining an interior adapted for receiving a specimen therein;
- a cap removably engagable with the open top end of the specimen collection container;
- a first label disposed on the sidewall of the specimen collection container;
- a second label disposed on a portion of the cap, wherein a first two-dimensional matrix barcode comprising information is provided on the first label, wherein a second two-dimensional matrix barcode comprising the same information as the first two-dimensional matrix barcode is provided on the second label, and
- wherein the cap, when engaged with the open top end of the specimen collection container, at least partially obscures the first label disposed on the sidewall of the specimen collection container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.