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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2021
Becton Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Dwight Livingston, Fallston, MD (US);
Ammon David Lentz, York, PA (US);
Sharon Virginia LaMont Leitch, Shrewsbury, PA (US);
Gary F. Hershner, Red Lion, PA (US);
Daniel Justin Lohan, Glen Rock, PA (US);
Joseph Kelleher, Baltimore, MD (US);
Elisabeth Lily Sooklal, Reisterstown, MD (US);
BECTON DICKINSON AND COMPANY, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Abstract
A pierceable cap may be used for containing sample specimens. The pierceable cap may prevent escape of sample specimens before transfer with a transfer device. The pierceable cap may fit over a vessel. An access port in the shell of the pierceable cap may allow passage of a transfer device through the pierceable cap. The shell receives a septum that has four half dome indentations, each indentation defining a quadrant of the septum interior. The indentations are separated by the septum floor which extends along respective first and second diameters of the septum and intersect at approximately ninety degrees. The half dome indentations guide a transfer device to the partially slitted portion of the septum floor.