Craig T Robinson

US Patent:

20140154686, Jun 5, 2014

Filed:

Feb 14, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/766954

Inventors:

- LITTLE CHALFONT, GB
PETER JAMES TATNELL - CARDIFF, GB
SAMANTHA JANE OGDEN - CARDIFF, GB
MICHAEL JOHN SMITH - CARDIFF, GB
LEONARD J. GOREN - PISCATAWAY NJ, US
STEVEN PEPE - TREVOSE PA, US
SAMIT LANGAR - BANGALORE, IN
VINCENT FRANCIS PIZZI - MILLIS MA, US
CRAIG ROBINSON - WESTBOROUGH MA, US

Assignee:

GE HEALTHCARE UK LIMITED - LITTLE CHALFONT

International Classification:

G01N 1/28

US Classification:

435 612, 435 71, 422566

Abstract:

There is disclosed a biometric device (), comprising a solid support () suitable for receiving biological material (S) and for dry storing that material at room temperature the device further comprising a circuit () including means for two way radio frequency communication and including writable data storage. Also disclosed is a processing method for such biometric devices, the method including the steps of: a) identifying said device by means of RF communication; b) extracting at least a portion of the biological material from the solid support of the identified device; c) analysing the extracted biological material to obtain biometric data indicative of the biological material; and d) writing said biometric data to the data storage of the biometric device.