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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. 04, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 13, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Innotrac Diagnostisc Oy, Turku, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/500 ;
Abstract
A method for taking a sample from a closed test tube without removing the stopper of the test tube. According to the method, the stopper of the test tube is pierced with a disposable piercing needle through which the sample is taken to the sample receptacle of the sampling device. From there the sample is dispensed with a dispenser needle. The sampling device comprises an adapting element for fitting the test tube, with the piercing needle first, to the sampling device, a cup-like sample receptacle and a suction device for drawing the sample that is in the test tube into the sample receptacle.