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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:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2022
Applicant:
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Shruti Wigh, Maywood, NJ (US);
Arun U. Nair, Denville, NJ (US);
Michael Baker, Oradell, NJ (US);
Syed Zulfiqar Abbas Zaidi, Kinnelon, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/150343 (2013.01); A61B 5/150022 (2013.01);
Abstract
A specimen collection container assembly including a collection tube having a first open end and a second open end, and an interior reservoir formed within the collection tube. The assembly further includes a cap configured to be couplable to the collection tube to close the first open end, as well as a plug configured to be couplable to the collection tube to close the second open end. The collection tube also includes a flat mouth portion extending 360° around the first open end.