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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:
Feb. 20, 1979
Filed:
Aug. 10, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Edward L Nugent, North Caldwell, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Rutherford, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128 / ; 128D / ;
Abstract
The disclosure is of an assembly for the collection of blood from a mammalian blood vessel. The assembly comprises a flexible tube having needle cannulas mounted on each end. One of the needle cannulas is threadably secured to a holder member for holding a blood collection container. The assembly of the invention makes possible blood sampling regardless of the orientation of the mammal from whom the blood is being collected.