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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:
Oct. 11, 1994
Filed:
Mar. 04, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bert D Heinzelman, Tenafly, NJ (US);
Donald R Lamond, Long Beach, NY (US);
Assignee:
The Venture Fund of Washington, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128763 ; 604 52 ;
Abstract
A liquid, preferably blood, collection device including an elongated collection tube having an inlet, an outlet and defining a chamber therebetween for holding the collecting liquid. A rotatable valve cap allows the user to selectively control the introduction of liquid into the device. The cap is removable allowing access to the collected liquid. An annular reservoir containing an additive is provided out of the flow path of the liquid into the tube.