Kurin, Inc.

Chad Garrett

John W Simpson

Bobby E Rogers

Arthur Deptala

Lonnie C Pogue

Jonas Dean Cochran

David Karl Stroup

John Detloff

Gino Kang

Brian Macowski

A device and method yielding a blood analysis employable in combination with an introducer for a catheter for a concurrent testing of blood from the introducer flash chamber during placement of a venous catheter. The device employs a colorimetric blood analysis to provide the user a visually discernable alert to the results of tested blood concurrent with the placement of the catheter with the introducer.

Catheter insertion device with blood analyzer

Blood sample optimization systems and methods are described that reduce or eliminate contaminates in collected blood samples, which in turn reduces or eliminates false positive readings in blood cultures or other testing of collected blood samples. A blood sample optimization system can include a blood sequestration device located between a patient needle and a sample needle. The blood sequestration device can include a sequestration chamber for sequestering an initial, potentially contaminated aliquot of blood, and may further include a sampling channel that bypasses the sequestration chamber to convey likely uncontaminated blood between the patient needle and the sample needle after the initial aliquot of blood is sequestered in the sequestration chamber.

Blood contaminant sequestration device with one-way air valve and air-permeable blood barrier with closure mechanism

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San Diego, CA, United States of America

Chad Garrett