Patent ID: 9500663
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: B01L,G01N

Claim Text:
1. A system for processing a sample comprising: A. a sample processing cartridge comprising: B. a first tag reading device configured to read said first machine-readable information tag and to read said machine-readable sample identification; C. a first data processor element configured to associate information read from said first machine-readable information tag by said first tag reading device with information read from said machine-readable sample identification tag by said first tag reading device; D. a processing instrument configured to receive said sample processing cartridge; E. a second tag reading device operatively associated with the processing instrument and configured to read said second machine-readable information tag when a sample processing cartridge is placed in the processing instrument; and F. a second data processor element that is in direct or indirect communication with each of the first tag reading device and the second tag reading device, wherein the second data processor element is configured to compare the information read from said second machine-readable information tag by said second tag reading device with information read from said first machine-readable information tag by said first tag reading device to ensure the cartridge-identifying information contained in said first machine-readable information tag corresponds to the cartridge-identifying information contained in said second machine-readable information tag.