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Procedure and assembly for drawing blood

  • US 5,153,416 A
  • Filed: 10/28/1991
  • Issued: 10/06/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/20/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A portable specimen sampling assembly for use in taking patient specimen samples, said assembly including:

  • a) a portable tray for holding specimen containers;

    b) a plurality of unlabeled specimen containers in said tray;

    c) a microporcessor mounted in said tray, said microprocessor having an onboard memory programmed with a list of patient identifications corresponding to the patients to be sampled, and a patient-correlated list of specimen test information corresponding to tests to be performed on each patient specimen sample, said microprocessor being operably upon receipt of a scan signal, to match said scan signal with a particular patient identification contained in said memory list of patient identifications, and to match said particular patient identification with one or more sets of particular specimen test information contained in said memory list of specimen test information, and said microprocessor being operable, thereafter to produce a print signal which originates in said microprocessor;

    d) scanner means mounted on said tray for scanning machine readable patient identification indicia on a patient tag at the patient'"'"'s bedside, said scanner means being operable with a scan of only said patient tag, to provide said scan signal to said microprocessor; and

    e) a label printer containing a supply of blank labels, said printer being mounted in and integral with said tray and operably connected to said microprocessor, said printer being operable, to create from said supply of blank labels, specimen container labels displaying said matched patient identification information and specimen test information sets which test information in each set thereof includes in alphanumeric form;

    the type of tube in which the specimen should be contained;

    the size of the tube in which the specimen should be contained; and

    the tests that should be performed on the specimen in the tube, said labels being printed by said printer upon receipt of said print signal from said microprocessor.

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