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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:
May. 26, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ronald J Venooker, Franklin, MA (US);
John A Scavitto, Mendon, MA (US);
Peter N Karkantis, Acton, MA (US);
David T Healey, Reading, MA (US);
Richard L Travers, Scituate, MA (US);
Assignee:
Ciba Corning Diagnostics Corp., Medfield, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
141292 ; 141285 ; 141351 ; 141384 ; 141355 ; 222484 ; 222501 ;
Abstract
A fluid delivery system for aspirating liquid from a bottle and conveying the liquid to an analytical instrument while allowing ambient air or gas to enter the bottle to replace the aspirated liquid. The bottle opening is sealed by a valve. A tube extends from the valve to the liquid within the bottle. A coupling component is removably connected to the analytical instrument and to the valve for operatively connecting the instrument to the tube.