Thermal printing on wall of tubular vessel

US10877057B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED · US

Inventors

• Rolf Silbert · Del Mar, US
• David A. Buse · San Diego, US
• Robert Rosati · San Diego, US
• Olev Tammer · New York, US
• Matthias Merten · San Diego, US
• Richard Capella · San Diego, US
• David Opalsky · San Diego, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 14, 2018
• Grant date: Dec 29, 2020
• Expiry date: Jan 16, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N2035/1062
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A sample container of patient sample material includes a sample container barcode containing patient-identifying information. The sample container barcode on the sample container is read, and a tubular reaction vessel is provided to a printer module configured to print a barcode directly onto a surface of the tubular reaction vessel. The printer module prints a barcode on the surface of the reaction vessel by a thermal printing method, and the barcode printed onto the reaction vessel is associated with the sample container barcode.