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Adaptors for use with various containers bearing bar code labeling
Assignee: Clinical Diagnostic Systems Inc
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Filing: 1988-02-26
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Granted: 1989-02-21
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Expires: 2008-02-26
Abstract
Abstract There is disclosed an adaptor constructed to allow sample containers of various sizes to fit into a tray sized for only one particular container. The adaptor includes a window that permits scanning of bar code labels on the container, locating means to restrain the adaptor from undesirable rotation in the tray, and signal means for indicating to the analyzer which size container is present.
Inventors
- 👤 James D. Shaw
- 👤 Michael P. Tuszynski
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 13:00
CPC Classifications
B; B01; B01L; B01L9/00; B01L9/06; G; G01; G01N; G01N35/00; G01N35/00584; G01N35/00722; G01N35/00732; G01N2035/00742; G01N2035/00752
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
78 words
A tube adaptor for accommodating differently-sized containers in a tray for aspirating sample from such containers with positive sample identification, the adaptor comprising means for holding a container within the adaptor; means permitting the scanning through the adaptor, of an identification label on such a container; locating means for restraining said adaptor within a tray, against rotation therein; and means on said adaptor for generating a signal indicative of the size of the container held by the adaptor.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
78 words
A tube adaptor for accommodating differently-sized containers in a tray for aspirating sample from such containers with positive sample identification, the adaptor comprising means for holding a container within the adaptor; means permitting the scanning through the adaptor, of an identification label on such a container; locating means for restraining said adaptor within a tray, against rotation therein; and means on said adaptor for generating a signal indicative of the size of the container held by the adaptor.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
An adaptor as defined in claim 1, and further including means for frictionally engaging a container to prevent it from rotating within the adaptor.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
36 words
A tube adaptor as defined in claim 1, and further including means in the adaptor for mounting a cup above such a container for holding a small fraction of the liquid contents of such a container.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
34 words
A tube adaptor as defined in claim 1, and further including stop means for positively locating such a container with its top edge at a predetermined location spaced along the axis of the adaptor.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
140 words
A tube adaptor for accommodating differently-sized containers in a tray for aspirating sample from such containers with positive sample identification, the adaptor comprising an upper portion and a lower portion, said portions being divided by a shoulder and centered on an axis of symmetry, said upper portion comprising an open container for holding an auxiliary cup, said lower portion comprising a sidewall for enclosing a container abutted up against said dividing shoulder, said sidewall being wrapped around said axis of symmetry for no more than from about 270 degrees to about 310 degrees to leave open a gap permitting bar code scanning of a container, means for restraining said adaptor and an enclosed container against rotation within a tray; and means on said lower portion for generating a signal indicative of the size of a container held by the adaptor.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
140 words
A tube adaptor for accommodating differently-sized containers in a tray for aspirating sample from such containers with positive sample identification, the adaptor comprising an upper portion and a lower portion, said portions being divided by a shoulder and centered on an axis of symmetry, said upper portion comprising an open container for holding an auxiliary cup, said lower portion comprising a sidewall for enclosing a container abutted up against said dividing shoulder, said sidewall being wrapped around said axis of symmetry for no more than from about 270 degrees to about 310 degrees to leave open a gap permitting bar code scanning of a container, means for restraining said adaptor and an enclosed container against rotation within a tray; and means on said lower portion for generating a signal indicative of the size of a container held by the adaptor.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
A tube adaptor as defined in claim 5, and further including means for frictionally engaging such differently-sized container to prevent it from rotating within said adaptor.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
36 words
A tube adaptor as defined in claim 1 or 5, wherein the overall length of said adaptor is selected to be predictable of an adequate level of liquid present in a container mounted in the adaptor.
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