Patent ID: 9429585
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: B01L,C12M,G01N

Claim Text:
1. A process of tracking samples comprising the steps of providing a vessel having an interior for containing a liquid to be sampled, attaching a sample collecting device in a liquid tight hermetically sealed manner, the device having a sample collection holder, the sample collection holder having a second wireless memory/communication device directly attached to the sample collection holder, wherein more than one sample collector can be attached to the sample collection holder, each sample collector having a selectively closed front and a fluid open pathway to a rear portion of each sample collector, a conduit connected to a rear portion of the device, at least one sample storage device connected to a downstream portion of the conduit and a first wireless memory/communication device attached to the at least one sample storage device, wherein information from the second wireless memory/communication device is written to the first wireless memory/communication device when each sample storage device is attached to the sample collection holder, sterilizing the interior of the vessel and the sample collecting device, filling the vessel with a liquid to be sampled, conducting a first scanning of the first wireless device to determine one or more attributes of the at least one sample storage device, reading the one or more attributes and loading one or more trackable events onto the first wireless device during the first scanning and wherein the first wireless device is a read/write device.