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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:
Apr. 29, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 30, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bradley S Thomas, Timonium, MD (US);
Mark L Sussman, Baltimore, MD (US);
Assignee:
Becton Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; B01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
436180 ; 422 99 ; 422100 ; 7386401 ; 7386474 ; 128763 ; 128765 ; 141329 ; 141330 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for transferring fluid from a blood collection tube to a glass capillary tube. This eliminates the need for health care workers to open the blood collection tube, insert a glass capillary tube into the blood collection robe, pipet a fluid such as blood into the tube and be exposed to the excess fluid from the capillary tube. The apparatus of the present invention is directed to a transfer device, and a dispenser which can be used with the transfer device, for carrying out this method.