Sample tubes with fluid-tight labels
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1. A sample tube assembly comprising:
- a tube portion having a bottom;
an end cap mounted to the bottom of the tube portion and providing substantially fluid-tight seal therewith;
a label chamber defined by a substantially fluid-tight space between the bottom of the tube portion and the end cap; and
a label having an optically readable code and encapsulated inside the label chamber, wherein the end cap includes a region over the label that is sufficiently transparent for the optically readable code to be read through the end cap region from below the bottom of the tube portion.
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Abstract
A sample tube assembly incorporating a fluid-tight label chamber, said label chamber being fused to or forming part of the body of the sample tube. The invention also includes a sample tube assembly wherein the tube assembly comprises; a tube portion, the bottom of which is adapted to accept an end cap; and end cap adapted to be joined to the bottom of the tube portion; and a label chamber provided in use by a space between the bottom or outer surface of the bottom of the tube portion and the inner surface of the end cap; and wherein the end cap is fused, welded or otherwise joined to the bottom of the tube portion to provide a fluid tight-seal.
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38 Claims
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1. A sample tube assembly comprising:
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a tube portion having a bottom;
an end cap mounted to the bottom of the tube portion and providing substantially fluid-tight seal therewith;
a label chamber defined by a substantially fluid-tight space between the bottom of the tube portion and the end cap; and
a label having an optically readable code and encapsulated inside the label chamber, wherein the end cap includes a region over the label that is sufficiently transparent for the optically readable code to be read through the end cap region from below the bottom of the tube portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. An apparatus for holding a sample, comprising:
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a label including an optically readable code; and
a body including a cavity, an opening through which the sample can be inserted into said cavity, and a substantially liquid-tight chamber encapsulating said label, at least a region of said body being sufficiently transparent to facilitate optically reading said optically readable code through said transparent region. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. An apparatus for holding a sample, comprising:
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a label having an optically readable code;
a tube portion including a top end, a bottom end, a cavity, and an opening defined proximate said top end for inserting the sample into said cavity; and
an end cap having a substantially liquid-tight seal with said bottom end of said tube portion to define a chamber between said end cap and said tube portion, said label encapsulated inside said chamber and oriented such that said optically readable code faces away from said first cavity, and said end cap having a region sufficiently transparent to read said optically readable identifier from below said tube portion. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38)
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