Patent ID: 9579253
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: A61J,G06K

Claim:
1. A blood component container assembly including, a container body configured to contain blood component; a port of the container body configured to provide a fluid passage into the container body, the port comprising a first planar surface facing away from the container body and a neck protruding from the first planar surface in a first direction perpendicular to the first planar surface toward outside of the container body, wherein the neck comprises an annular column elongated in the first direction and a protrusion extending in a second direction parallel to the first planar surface; a connector mounted on the port, the connector comprising a structure inserted into the neck of the port and coupled to the annular column of the neck, the connector having a second planar surface facing the first planar surface of the port; and an RFID tag in form of an annular disk, the RFID tag comprising a central aperture and an annular portion surrounding the central aperture, wherein the planar annular RFID tag is interposed between the port and the connector such that the neck of the port passes through the central aperture and such that the annular portion forms an outer circumference of the RFID tag in a complete circle concentric with the central aperture when viewed in the first direction, such that the RFID tag is captured between the first planar surface and the protrusion of the neck by attachment of the second planar surface when the connector is mounted on the port.