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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2022
Filed:
May. 05, 2017
Applicant:
Labrador Diagnostics Llc, Healdsburg, CA (US);
Inventor:
Zachary Morrison, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Labrador Diagnostics LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/151 (2006.01); A61B 5/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/502 (2013.01); A61B 5/15 (2013.01); A61B 5/151 (2013.01); A61B 5/150099 (2013.01); A61B 5/150213 (2013.01); A61B 5/150351 (2013.01); B01L 3/50825 (2013.01); B01L 2200/026 (2013.01); B01L 2300/042 (2013.01); B01L 2300/044 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0838 (2013.01); B01L 2300/16 (2013.01); B01L 2400/049 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and devices are provided for sample collection. In one example, a device is provided comprising at least one capillary tube or collection channel directed to a sample vessel, wherein in a one-step removal step of detaching the sample vessel from the collection channel, a vacuum force is created within the sample vessel, due in part of the pulling of the sealed vessel away from the device, wherein this vacuum force draw out residual sample that may still be resident in the collection channel.