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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:
Jun. 20, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 23, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter Serpentino, Sparta, NJ (US);
Fu-chung Lin, Wayne, NJ (US);
Hariharan Shankar, Highland Park, NJ (US);
Theodore S Weir, Randolph, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
600573 ; 600577 ; 604317 ; 604403 ; 436 18 ;
Abstract
An assembly for collection of a blood sample includes a hydrophobic plastic tube and a non-exudable block or graft copolymer having a hydrophobic domain compatible with and interpenetrated in the matrix of the tube plastic and a hydrophilic domain which provides a hydrophilic interior wall surface to the container. The invention includes a method to make the container.