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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:
Dec. 10, 1991
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joel R Mitchen, Mundelein, IL (US);
Sidney T Smith, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Carl W Jones, Hinsdale, IL (US);
Assignee:
Safety Diagnostice, Inc., Evanston, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128771 ;
Abstract
A relatively painless method of safely collecting and testing blood which comprises piercing a patient's skin and collecting any blood and other fluids on a test disk moistened with a vehicle liquid. Several embodiments of a novel disposable apparatus having a reservoir of vehicle liquid for use in practicing the method also are described.