Registers – Systems controlled by data bearing records
Patent
1996-04-24
1998-07-07
Hajec, Donald T.
Registers
Systems controlled by data bearing records
235385, 235441, 235486, 235487, 422104, G06F 1700
Patent
active
057773033
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
It is well known that in the medical field and in the chemical industry, a very important number of analyses is performed and beyond them, a substantial amount of analyses is made in test tubes, preferentially in test tubes made from glass. In most cases, said analyses are supervised very carefully, in order to prevent errors which can have important consequences. Blood analyses, for example, concern problems relating to AIDS.
BACKGROUND
It is therefore necessary, to be enabled to register all the useful information during an analyses for the proper execution of the latter. Said information is stored, allowing to establish a traceability of the entirety of the operations performed. Nowadays, said information is most often jotted down in a manuscript-like manner and, subsequently, transferred manually to a computer-assisted data base, resulting in important error risks with regards to the jotting down and to the transfer.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The device for the information registration and for the information transfer for test tube analyses according to the present invention, allows to minimize such risks by eliminating of the jotting down and of the manual transfer. Said device comprises at least one electronic memory label and means for reading or reading/writing said labels. Said labels are mounted on supports being provided to fix said labels onto said test tubes during the time of analysis and to reassure the positioning and the connection of said labels to said means for reading/writing during the registration and the transfer of information.
BRIEF FIGURE DESCRIPTION
FIG. 1 shows exemplary embodiment of a label and a support, allowing to fix said label on test tube.
FIG. 2 shows an exemplary configuration of an electronic label having contacts and which can be used within the scope of the invention.
FIG. 3 shows in an exemplary manner the positioning and the connection of a label according to FIG. 2 to means for reading/writing said label with the helps of a support.
FIG. 4 shows an exemplary embodiment of means for reading/writing for a plurality of test tubes being equipped with electronic labels mounted on supports and FIG. 4 shows an exemplary embodiment of means for the registration and for the transfer of information.
FIG. 5 shows an exemplary configuration of an electronic label being accessible via radiofrequencies (RF) and which can be used within the scope of the invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
FIG. 1 shows an exemplary embodiment of a test tube 1 having a cap 2 of that kind used for blood analyses. A metallic support 3, on which is mounted an electronic label 4, can be fixed on a test tube extremity during the time of analysis. Said electronic label 4 allows a registration of all useful information required for said analysis, in particular, information relating to the person under concern, to basis reference data, to the analysis data and to the result data, to the used analysis apparatus, to the service staff, etc.
The configuration of the label is shown in an exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 2. In particular, the label has two contacts like that described in the international application WO 95/28713, publ. Oct. 26, 1995, and corresponding U.S. Ser. No. 08/557,027. Said label comprises an integrated circuit 20 being connected by bonding to an insulating interconnection circuit 21. The latter is, for example, a printed circuit board (PCB). The label is mounted on a metallic case 22 which is interconnected with the aid of a metallic zone 23 of the interconnection circuit 21 to one of the power supply contacts of the integrated circuit 20. Said metallic case 22 is mounted in a hole of the metallic support 24, in such a way, that the latter is also interconnected electrically to said first power supply contact of the integrated circuit 20. The second contact of the integrated circuit 20 is interconnected with the aid of a metallic hole 25 to a contact zone 26 of the interconnection circuit 21. It is therefore possible, to establish an interconnecti
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Gay Freres Vente et Exportation S.A.
Hajec Donald T.
Lee Michael G.
Oliver Milton
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