Patent ID: 9370465
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: A61J,G01J,G01N

Claim Text:
1. An intravenous (IV) fluid container with pre-filled IV fluid for IV therapy, said IV fluid container comprising a structurally integrated optical IV drug identification tag, said optical IV drug identification tag comprising: a flow cell with a fluid channel in communication with said IV fluid container; a one-directional breakable valve embedded in said fluid channel for sealing said fluid channel to said flow cell, said one-directional breakable valve is configured to allow a portion of the IV fluid to flow one-directionally from said IV fluid container into said flow cell when broke open; and a surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) active surface embedded in said flow cell, said SERS active surface is configured to receive said portion of the IV fluid and cause a light beam to interact with said portion of the IV fluid to produce a Raman scattering signal containing a content and concentration information of the IV fluid.