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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:
Jan. 20, 1981
Filed:
Jul. 05, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bhupendra C Patel, Elgin, IL (US);
Assignee:
The Kendall Company, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128765 ; 128767 ;
Abstract
A blood collection device comprising, a syringe having a barrell defining a chamber, and a plunger having distal end received in the chamber. The device has a collection bag of flexible material secured in the distal portion of the syringe chamber, and having walls defining a collection chamber closed to the remainder of the syringe chamber, with the syringe having an opening communicating with the syringe chamber outside the collection bag. The device has a hollow needle for connection to a distal portion of the syringe in communication with the bag chamber, such that the bag expands responsive to blood pressure and passage of blood into the bag chamber.