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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:
Dec. 26, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Henry F Miller, Clifton, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Becton Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
600577 ; 604167 ;
Abstract
A blood collection tube is provided having a sealingly engaged elastomeric disk bonded over the open end of the tube. The disk has two opposing major surfaces and is bonded to the tube while deformed in a generally arcuate configuration. One of the major surface faces exteriorally from the tube and the other major surface faces interiorly into the tube. The exterior-facing major surface of the disk is placed in tension and the interior-facing major surface is placed in compression.