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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
William David Dunfee, New Castle, DE (US);
Edward Stephen Kaminski, North East, MD (US);
John Charles Mazza, Newark, DE (US);
Kerry Lynn Miller, Elkton, MD (US);
Jeffery Kenneth Parmer, Newark, DE (US);
Paul John Zuk, Lincoln University, PA (US);
Assignee:
Dade Behring Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
436180 ; 436 43 ; 422 63 ; 422 81 ; 422100 ; 422103 ; 422104 ; 422110 ; 7386401 ; 7386424 ; 222-1 ; 222 61 ; 222 83 ;
Abstract
Extracting a quantity of liquid from a closed container by driving a cannula having a passage the length of the cannula and a groove a partial length of the cannula through the closure of the container until the groove establishes communication between a pressurized chamber and the container, thereby forcing liquid from the tube through the passage.