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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2018
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Milan Ivosevic, Kinnelon, NJ (US);
Ryan W. Muthard, Wynnewood, PA (US);
Alexander James Blake, Ridgewood, NJ (US);
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Abstract
A biological fluid collection device () that produces a stabilized biological sample with head-to-tail uniformity through the capturing of a high concentration front and subsequent redistribution of the high concentration front throughout a biological fluid is disclosed. The biological fluid collection device includes an inline mixer () used for head-to-tail mixing of a concentrated flow front. The mixing is achieved via a two-stage process. First, a front fraction of the flow is captured within a centered mixing chamber () via capillary assisted flow action. Second, the captured front volume is then slowly released throughout a small exit hole () and recombined with the rest of the flow volume that was diverted around the centered mixer chamber.