Becton Dickinson and Company Limited

Bard Access Systems, Inc.

Mdc Investment Holdings, Inc.

Becton Dickinson France

Aspen Surgical Products, Inc.

Bradley M Wilkinson

C Mark Newby

Robert G Ellis

Benjamin R Bartfeld

Neville Yu Leng Chia

Volker Niermann

Robert S Golabek, Jr

Jamieson William Crawford

Charles George Hwang

Jamieson W Crawford

Craig A Gelfand

Daniel J Marchiarullo

Kirk D Swenson

Jon Yaohan Moh

Gary D Fletcher

Chee Leong Alvin Tan

Jamieson W M Crawford

Peter Bressler

Ashley Rothenberg

Craig Owen Russ

Milan Ivosevic

Stefanie Livanos

Robert Ellis

Kishore K Bokka Srinivasa Rao

Stanley Sim

Wlodzinierz Rutynowski

Jacek Grzegorz Karbowniczek

Bruce Haywood

Tiong Yee Sim

William G Saulenas

Chee Leong Tan

Jamieson Crawford

Bart David Peterson

Jamieson William Maclean Crawford

Hugh T Conway

Clinton A Haynes

Robert G States, Iii

Ajit N Dastane

Raymond T Wasek

Adam Edelhauser

Mark Newby

Neville Chia

Keith A Moskowitz

Kenneth Louis Lee

Jean-Bernard Alla

Neville Yu Chia

Robert G States

Benjamin Bartfeld

Thor R Halseth

Michael J Botich

Jonathan B Gabel

Amir Orome

Noel Gharibian

Michael C Bennett

Robert T McWethy

Matthew J Prince

Bartosz Marek Korec

Anthony V Torris

Tab Robbins

Kenneth James Smith

John Hitchings

Joseph Nathan Pratt

Jarek Grzegorz Karbowniczek

Jitendra Ghanekar

Ajit Dastane

Anthony K Misener

Simon Cohn

John Depler Coleman

Ronald J Pettis

Steffan Sowards

Peter W Bressler

William Robert McLaughlin

Mathieu Dominic Turpault

Matthew Lee Kolb

Anthony J Kosinski

Nicholas A Grippi

Alyssa J Dassa

Wlodzimierz Rutynowski

Judith A Reichenbach

Jean-Pierre Raphael Karam

Alex Blekher

Alvin Chee Leong Tan

Marina Gertsek

Ann C Eckert

Jordan DeLiso

Beth Plokhoy

William Saulenas

Michelle Sullivan

Ann Eckert

Michelle V Sullivan

Benjamin Bartfield

Robert F States

Michael Bennett

Craig Russ

Jr Golabek

Jordan Deliso

Mathieu Turpault

A system, apparatus and method directed to a magnetizer. The magnetizer can include a housing and one or more magnets positioned in an interior of the housing. The housing can include a top face, a bottom face, and a plurality of side faces adjoining the top face and the bottom face. The top face can include a first opening configured to receive a needle, the first opening having a first cross-sectional area. One of the plurality of side faces can include a second opening having a second cross-sectional area. The second cross-sectional area can be at least one third of the first cross-sectional area.

Medical device magnetizer

A biological fluid collection device that allows a blood sample to be collected anaerobically is disclosed.

Biological fluid collection device

A blood sampling transfer device that includes a lancing tape having a flow channel and a transfer cartridge removably connected to the lancing tape is disclosed. The blood sampling transfer device provides a closed system that reduces the exposure of a blood sample to both skin and environment and provides fast mixing of a blood sample with a sample stabilizer.

Blood sampling transfer device

A shieldable needle device () with a needle cannula (), a hub () supporting the needle cannula, and a tip guard () axially movable along the needle cannula where, upon transition, the tip guard protectively surrounds the distal end () of the needle cannula. The needle device includes a pair of wings () extending laterally from opposing sides of the tip guard and connected to the hub. The pair of wings are transitionable between a first position and a second position, wherein transition of the pair of wings advances the tip guard from a proximal position to a shielding distal position. The wings include protrusions () which cause the longitudinal axis of the needle cannula to become offset from the opening () of the tip guard during advancement of the tip guard preventing the needle cannula from being reinserted through the tip guard after the tip guard has been transitioned to the distal position.

Squeeze activated blood collection set

Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to a stabilization feature configured to be coupled to an ultrasound probe, or similar medical device and grasped by one or more fingers of a user. The user can then manipulate the stabilization feature and probe assembly without requiring any opposing pressure to be applied by the thumb. As such a user is free to use the thumb to operate controls disposed on the probe, or stabilize a skin surface, or the like. The stabilization feature can include a first portion configured to be grasped by one or more fingers, and a second portion configured to engage the probe. Further, the second portion can engage the probe through a sheath to maintain a sterile barrier therebetween. Alternatively, the first portion can be grasped by one or more fingers through a sheath to maintain a sterile barrier therebetween.

Triphalangeal ultrasound probe stabilization feature

A biological fluid sampling transfer device adapted to receive a multi-component blood sample is disclosed. After collecting the blood sample, the biological fluid sampling transfer device is able to separate a plasma portion from a cellular portion. After separation, the biological fluid sampling transfer device is able to transfer the plasma portion of the blood sample to a point-of-care testing device. The biological fluid sampling transfer device also provides a closed sampling and transfer system that reduces the exposure of a blood sample and provides fast mixing of a blood sample with a sample stabilizer. The biological fluid sampling transfer device is engageable with a blood testing device for closed transfer of a portion of the plasma portion from the biological fluid sampling transfer device to the blood testing device. The blood testing device is adapted to receive the plasma portion to analyze the blood sample and obtain test results.

Biological fluid transfer device and biological fluid sampling system

A container assembly is disclosed including an outer container, a hollow inner member, and a closure. The outer container has a closed bottom, an open top, and a sidewall extending therebetween. The hollow inner member is disposed within the outer container and has an inner surface defining at least one capillary channel. The inner member includes a first end adjacent to the open top of the outer container and has an outer periphery seated against the sidewall of the outer container. The closure has a proximal end and a distal end. The closure proximal end is seated at least partially within the first end of the inner member to seal the outer container and inner member and define a fluid collection chamber. The closure distal end defines a recessed area shaped to direct fluid under capillary action to the at least one capillary channel in the inner member.

Capillary action collection device and container assembly

Disclosed herein is a system, apparatus and method directed to a magnetizer comprising at least one magnet; and a housing, the housing comprising: a top face; a bottom face positioned on an opposite side of the housing from the top face; a plurality of faces adjoining the top face and the bottom face; an interior comprising an interior surface formed at least in part by the top face, the bottom face and the plurality of faces; wherein the top face includes a first opening configured to receive a medical device; and wherein the at least one magnet is positioned within the interior of the housing. A face of the plurality of faces may include a second opening to expose at least a portion of the interior surface through the second opening. The second opening may be larger than the first opening.

A specimen collection container having a separation chamber includes a first chamber, a second chamber, and a valve located between the first chamber and the second chamber. In an open position, the valve permits fluid communication between the first chamber and the second chamber. In a closed position, the valve maintains fluid isolation between the first chamber and the second chamber. A fluid stream passes from the first chamber to the second chamber through the valve permitting a predetermined volume of fluid to pass from the first chamber to the second chamber. When the predetermined volume of fluid passes to the second chamber, the valve transitions from the open position to the closed position so that additional fluid of the fluid stream received by the first chamber is maintained in the first chamber in fluid isolation from the predetermined volume of fluid contained in the second chamber.

Specimen collection container having a fluid separation chamber

A biological fluid collection device that is adapted to receive a blood sample is disclosed. The biological fluid collection device includes a housing, a puncturing element transitionable between a pre-actuated position wherein the puncturing element is retained within the housing and a puncturing position wherein at least a portion of the puncturing element extends through the housing, and a cartridge removably connectable to a portion of the housing. After collecting a blood sample, the cartridge is removable from the housing and the cartridge is able to transfer the blood sample to a point-of-care testing device. The biological fluid collection device provides a closed system that reduces the exposure of a blood sample and provides fast mixing of a blood sample with a sample stabilizer.

Biological fluid collection device and biological fluid collection system

A package for a needle assembly includes a tray defining a compartment in a first configuration for receiving the needle assembly. The tray can be reconfigured in a second configuration to form a holder configured to hold the needle assembly during fluid collection.

Fluid collection set package that forms a tube holder

A biological fluid collection device that includes a housing and a cartridge that is removably receivable within a portion of the housing is disclosed. The biological fluid collection device of the present disclosure allows for collection of capillary blood from a finger stick and provides a closed system that reduces the exposure of a blood sample. In one embodiment, a cartridge of the present disclosure also provides fast mixing of a blood sample with a sample stabilizer. In another embodiment, a cartridge of the present disclosure provides automatic plasma separation of the blood sample. Advantageously, once the cartridge is filled with a sample aid removed from the housing, the cartridge can be used for a variety of important purposes.

A shieldable needle device including a drive member is disclosed. The drive member is extendable between a biased position and an extended position for moving a tip guard from an first position to a second position in which the tip guard shields a distal end of the needle cannula. The shieldable needle device includes a pair of wings extending laterally from opposing sides of the hub that are movable between a laterally extending position and a dorsal position. With the wings in the dorsal position, the wings retain the drive member in the biased position thereby maintaining the tip guard in the first position. Movement of the wings from the dorsal position to the laterally extending position releases retainment of the drive member. A second drive member may be included.

Passive double drive member activated safety blood collection device

A biological fluid collection system that receives a sample and provides flow-through blood stabilization technology and a precise sample dispensing function for point-of-care and near patient testing applications is disclosed. A biological fluid collection system of the present disclosure is able to effectuate distributed mixing of a sample stabilizer within a blood sample and dispense the stabilized sample in a controlled manner. In this manner, a biological fluid collection system of the present disclosure enables blood micro-sample management, e.g., passive mixing with a sample stabilizer and controlled dispensing, for point-of-care and near patient testing applications.

Biological fluid collection and stabilization system

A specimen collection assembly including a flow control member for adjustably altering a flow path is disclosed. In one configuration, the flow control member defines a regulation channel in fluid communication with a lumen of a cannula, wherein the flow control member is configured to adjustably alter an effective flow distance between the lumen of the cannula and an interior of an evacuated collection container. In another configuration, the flow control member is positioned to vary an effective cross-sectional area of at least one of an inlet port and an outlet port adapted to be in fluid communication with the lumen and the evacuated collection container.

Manual flow regulation for blood collection

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North Haledon, NJ, United States of America

Bradley M Wilkinson