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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:
Jul. 20, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Karin E Kelly, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
Becton Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
220737 ; 422102 ;
Abstract
The present invention is a specimen collection container assembly comprising an inner tube within an outer tube wherein the external dimensions of the inner tube are less than the external dimensions of the outer tube and the internal volume of the inner tube is less than the internal volume of the outer tube. The assembly of the present invention provides a means for adapting a full-draw or standard-sized blood collection tube to handle a reduced internal volume for handling by equipment configured to handle standard-sized blood collection tubes having standard external dimensions.