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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:
Nov. 20, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 23, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dario Kriz, Malmö, SE;
Assignee:
European Institute of Science, Lund, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 ;
Abstract
A disposable body fluid or tissue collection vial is disclosed. The vial has a sample accessing tool and a sample delivery member for dispensing a sample of body fluid or tissue into a reagent. The vial also has a base, a sample delivery sleeve, a sample accessing sleeve, and a cap. The sample delivery sleeve detachably attaches to the base, the sample accessing sleeve detachably attaches to the sample delivery sleeve, and the cap detachably attaches to the sample accessing sleeve. The base may contain one or more reagents suitable for diagnostic or other uses.