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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ward C Smith, Toms River, NJ (US);
Richard J Carroll, Syracuse, NY (US);
Assignee:
Becton Dickinson, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
210782 ; 210787 ; 210789 ; 435-2 ; 436177 ;
Abstract
An anticoagulant solution of sodium citrate for use in blood chemistry-related techniques and apparatus is disclosed. The anticoagulant solution should include an effective concentration of sodium citrate sufficient for preventing the coagulation of a sample of blood employed in the technique or added to the apparatus. The sodium citrate-based anticoagulant solution should have a pH ranging from above 6.0 to about 8.5 and a sodium citrate concentration preferably ranging from about 0.05M to about 0.2M.