ITRM20030045U1 - MAXIMUM SECURITY SYSTEM FOR ANTI-TAMPERING BY INTRUSION OR SOS TITTION AND THERMAL ANTI-TAMPERING DESIGNED FOR SAMPLES COLLECTION OPERATIONS INTENDED FOR LABORATORY ANALYSIS IN THE FIELD OF ABUS SUBSTANCE SEARCH - Google Patents

Description

DESCRIPTION

of a patent application for a utility model entitled: Maximum Security System

all ANTI-TAMPERING BY INTRUSION or REPLACEMENT ed

THERMAL ANTI-TAMPERING designed for the operations of sampling intended

laboratory analyzes in the field of anti-doping, food and harmful substances.

THE SAFETY DEVICES AND THE MAIN FEATURES REALIZED BY THE MAXIMUM SAFETY SYSTEM are:

1) Self-destructing tape seal made of ultra-sensitive polyester material and printed coded.

2) TIK snap seal made with two different types of synthetic resin that otherwise behave in the action of fraudulent attacks.

The TIK seal is provided with a HIGH-RELIEF code created at the time of manufacture of the seal itself, ie at the time of injection of the fluid mixture into the mold; moreover, the seven-digit codes of the TIK seals are made with a RANDOM MISALIGNMENT making each seal a unique piece: two seals can be produced with the same numerical code but the two seals will not be the same; each will have its own production characteristics. It is therefore impossible to think or only hypothesize the fraudulent duplication of the seal. Once the code of the subject to be examined is known, it is not possible to replace the seal with another having the same code and to perform tampering by replacing the entire package to be protected.

By taking advantage of the high relief, it is possible to directly transfer the code of the seal to the report. This operation, in addition to putting an end to the task of copying the code, (an operation that has a large margin of error), allows to reproduce the code itself with its production characteristics.

3) Thermal Bags and Isothermal Transport Bags of Maximum Security made without seams and zip, but with ultrasonic weldatine and Ball-Zip closure.

In the Anti-Doping sector, the system was designed using the four safety elements as follows:

- The non-coded tape seal is applied, if necessary, on the first urine collection container.

- The coded tape seals are applied directly on the cap and on the glass bottle of the samples of the first and second analysis (A B).

- The glass bottles are placed upside down in a plastic cap which will be sealed with the maximum security TIK seal made with a high relief code and with the 1st type of synthetic resin (Polycarbonate). The upside-down position of the glass bottle in the cap prevents any possible access to the organic liquid from being concealed through the synthetic resin cap, leaving no signs of tampering.

- The two plastic capsules (one for the first analysis sample A and one for the second analysis sample B) are housed in the Ball-Zip maximum safety thermal bags.

- The Ball-Zips will always be sealed with TIK maximum security seals of a color and code in high relief different from the previous ones used for sealing the plastic capsules and made with the 2nd type of synthetic resin (Polypropylene).

The System has been integrated with KIT of labels bearing the same code as the TIK seals to be used for the compilation of the reports thus avoiding any possible transcription errors of the codes and manual writing by the Doctor in charge of the sampling.

The maximum safety thermal bags are placed in the transport safety isothermal bag; the transport safety Isothermal Bag is also used for the transport of Thermal Bags belonging to multiple subjects and also sealed with the Tik or Plik seal.

The sealed package is ready for forwarding to the analysis laboratory and is suitable for protecting samples from:

a) Tampering by intrusion or replacement of the sealing device;

b) Thermal tampering.

The four different types of barriers ensure that the laboratory analysis is actually performed on the organic liquid belonging to the subject to be checked.

The certainty of the identification of the abuse committed creates a strong dissuasive element from committing illegal acts. Furthermore, made of equal importance, it will be impossible to raise the hypothesis, on the part of the interested party, that the tampering may have been committed without his knowledge and to his detriment.

Once the package has been received in the analysis laboratory, the plastic capsules are extracted from the respective Ball - Zip thermal bags in order to allow the laboratory operators to proceed with the examination of the 1st analysis and convenient storage of the plastic capsules containing the bottles of 11 ° analysis (storage in special cold rooms).

In this way, the two thermal bags will be recovered immediately, while the plastic capsules sealed with the TIK polycarbonate seal and intended for storage, will occupy a minimum volume while maintaining the maximum degree of safety.

The system developed by P.P. & C. s.r.l. Respect the environment. The plastic materials that make up the system have been selected and manufactured in order to make them reusable avoiding the dispersion into the environment or the forwarding of polluting material to incinerators.

Detailed description of the find

The invention will be better described by means of the enclosed drawing tables which should not be considered as limiting the scope of the invention itself.

In the present description the same numbers of different figures will indicate elements corresponding to each other.

List of tables

Tables A and B explanatory drawings of the elements contained in the consumable kit.

□ Graduated first urine collection container in polypropylene material (drawing 1);

□ Adhesive tape seals, coded or not, made with anti-violation polyester material (drawing 2);

□ Graduated glass bottles (A and B) and supplied with caps and undercaps [drawing 3];

□ Plastic caps P.E. complete with lid (drawing 4);

□ Tik seals in polycarbonate and polypropylene (drawing 5);

□ Adhesive labels in the color of the Tik seals (drawing 6).

As shown in the attached drawings, the Maximum Security System for ANTI-TAMPERING BY INTRUSION or REPLACEMENT and THERMAL ANTI-TAMPERING consists of:

1) Consumable material

- Anti-doping kits containing all the necessary material

to collect the athlete's organic liquid,

the sealing of the glass bottles, the sealing of the

plastic capsules containing the glass bottles, the

rough sealing of the thermal bags

security, compilation of reports and comprehensive

of PLIK seal to be used for sealing the

Isothermal safety bag for transport.

2) Reusable Material

- Thermal bag of maximum safety color

light blue designed to contain 1 bottle (1st analysis)

- Thermal bag of maximum safety color

Orange designed to contain 1 bottle (II analysis)

- Capable Isothermal Transport Safety Bag

to contain N ° 8 Thermal Bags A + B more

subjects.

3) The Bags and Pouches are designed for sealing with Maximum Security Seals called TIK provided with a numerical code in high relief made at the time of manufacture of the same. The code numbers are randomly misaligned with each other making each seal a unique and non-replaceable piece.

The dimensions of the Maximum Security Thermal Exchange are not binding and will be appropriately chosen in relation to the functions to be performed.

Claims (3)

Claims: Maximum Security System for ANTI-TAMPERING BY INTRUSION or REPLACEMENT and THERMAL ANTI-TAMPERING designed for the operations of sampling for laboratory analysis in the field of anti-doping, food and harmful substances. System that contains all the elements necessary to carry out the collection of the organic liquid, the formation of the samples, their sealing and transport at a controlled temperature for 150 hours. It also contains two kits of adhesive labels bearing the same code as the Tik seals and to be used for filling in the minutes. Alternatively or together with the labels, it is possible to directly transfer the code to the report. This operation makes it possible to transfer the code itself with its production characteristics to the report. The storage of the samples will take place in maximum security against intrusive and thermal tampering. The system consists of the following three devices: 1) Anti-doping kit containing consumables and assembled in a maximum security envelope made of transparent plastic supplied with code and receipt that allows distribution at the points of use avoiding that the kits themselves can be tampered with or replaced or dispersed. 2) Blue (A) and orange (B) maximum security thermal bag [see Utility model patent filed on 23 January 2003 Prot. RM2003U000008]. 3) Isothermal safety bag for transport [see Utility model patent filed on January 14, 2003 Prot. RM2003000005]. The elements contained in the sealed envelope of the Consumables Kit as reported in Tables A and B, are: □ Graduated first urine collection container in polypropylene material (drawing 1); □ Adhesive tape seals, coded or not, made with anti-violation polyester material (drawing 2); □ Graduated glass bottles (A and B) supplied with caps and under caps [drawing 3]; □ Plastic caps P.E. complete with lid (drawing 4); □ Tik seals in polycarbonate and polypropylene (drawing 5); □ Adhesive labels in the color of the Tik seals (drawing 6).