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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:
Mar. 02, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 19, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Stephen R Hessel, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
O.B. Tech, Inc., Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606120 ; 604-4 ; 128760 ; 128764 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed herein a device and method for clamping and cutting an umbilical cord so as to enable blood samples to be collected. Clamps are provided as either part of the device or separate therefrom to clamp off a section of the umbilical cord for the cutting and sampling process. The device includes a housing which accommodates vials for receiving the blood samples.