Packaged bag system with identification tags

Abstract

The invention includes an assembly including a package and a bag system for collecting a biological fluid, in particular blood. The system may be confined in a sterile fashion in the package. The system may include a fluid collecting bag and a device for sampling the fluid to be collected which includes at least one sampling receptacle associated dissociably with the system. The collecting bag and the sampling receptacle are each provided with an identification tag which includes information making it possible, after dissociation of the receptacle from the bag system, to unequivocally establish that the sampling receptacle and the collecting bag come from the same bag system.

1 . An assembly comprising: 
 a package; and    a bag system for collecting a biological fluid including: 
 a collection device;  
 a collection bag in fluid communication with the collection device;  
 a sampling device having at least one sampling receptacle associated dissociably with the system; and  
 at least two identification tags, one on the collection bag and one on the sampling receptacle  
   wherein the tags allows the establishment, after their dissociation, that both the collection bag and receptacle originated from the same bag system, and    wherein the bag system is confined in a sterile fashion in the package, which is arranged so as to be able to be opened prior to the use of the system.    
     
     
         2 . The assembly of  claim 1 , further comprising the collection bag in fluid communication with the collection device through a first tube to which the sampling device is in fluid communication through a second tube.  
     
     
         3 . The assembly of  claim 2 , wherein the sampling device further comprises a sampling bag connected to a downstream end of the second tube.  
     
     
         4 . The assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the sampling device further comprises a transferring device operable to transfer fluid from the bag system to a sampling receptacle.  
     
     
         5 . The assembly of  claim 4 , wherein the transfer device further comprises: 
 a hollow guide open at a front part to allow introduction of the sampling receptacle; and    a hollow needle in fluid communication with the bag system,    wherein the hollow needle passes through a rear part of the guide so that a downstream part of the needle extends inside the guide and an upstream part of the needle extends outside the guide, and    wherein the hollow needle is operable to perforate the closure element of the receptacle, placing the downstream part of the needle inside the receptacle.    
     
     
         6 . The assembly of  claim 5 , wherein the guide further comprises an association device operable to allow a reversible association of the receptacle inside the guide and sliding of the receptacle inside the guide between a standby position at a distance from the needle and a transfer position.  
     
     
         7 . The assembly of  claim 6 , wherein the association device further comprises a first and second set of projections distributed longitudinally on an internal face of the guide, 
 wherein the projections are arranged so as to be deformable by sliding the receptacle inside the guide, and    wherein the projections are arranged so as to permit a reversible association of the receptacle inside the guide and the sliding of the receptacle inside the guide between a standby position at a distance from the needle and the transfer position.    
     
     
         8 . The assembly of  claim 7 , further comprising a plurality of transfer devices, each having a receptacle associated in a dissociable fashion and each in fluid communication with the bag system through the second tube or a third tube.  
     
     
         9 . The assembly of  claim 6 , further comprising the association device operable to support at least two receptacle in the standby position and to allow their sequential guidance into the guide.  
     
     
         10 . The assembly of  claim 1 , further comprising a tube connecting the sampling device to the bag system, wherein the tube is weldable and breakable, and wherein an inlet orifice of at least one receptacle is connected to a downstream end of the tube.  
     
     
         11 . The assembly according to  claim 10 , further comprising a flexible sampling receptacle.  
     
     
         12 . The assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the identification tag further comprises a label provided with a bar code, the label placed on the collecting bag and each sampling receptacle.  
     
     
         13 . The assembly of  claim 1 , further comprising a flexible, transparent package.  
     
     
         14 . The assembly of  claim 1 , further comprising a fourth tube in fluid communication with the collection bag and at least one satellite bag, wherein the satellite bag is also provided with an identification tag.  
     
     
         15 . A method of manufacturing an assembly comprising: 
 placing an identification tag on at least a collection bag and at least one sampling receptacle, wherein the collection bag and sampling receptacle form part of one bag system,    placing the bag system in packaging,    wherein wherein the tags allows the establishment, after their dissociation, that both the collection bag and receptacle originated from the same bag system.    
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , further comprising: 
 sterilizing the bag system; and    placing the bag system in the packaging.    
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 15 , further comprising pasteurizing the bag system and the packaging after placement of the bag system in the packaging.  
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 15 , further comprising sterilizing the bag system and the packaging after placement of the bag system in the packaging.  
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 15 , further comprising: 
 sterilizing the bag system absent the receptacle; and    associating the receptacle with the bag system.    
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19 , further comprising: 
 placing the bag system with receptacle in the packaging; and    pasteurizing the bag system and packaging.