Patent ID: 9480832
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: A61M,B01L,F16L,G01B,G01N,G06F,G06K,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A tube connector, comprising: an end face comprising at least two spectrally distinct reflective regions; and an RFID tag encoding data selected from: type of said tube connector, class and/or model of said tube connector, preferred mode of operation of said tube connector, and combinations thereof; wherein said at least two spectrally distinct reflective regions are configured to reflect an incident light, having a first wavelength, at two different wavelengths; and wherein said at least two spectrally distinct reflective regions are arranged such that a tube connection system of a fluid analyzer can identify recurring changes of reflectivity from said at least two spectrally distinct reflective regions, during the revolving of said tube connector relative to said tube connection system; the revolving occurring during connection of said tube connector to said tube connection system.