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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:
Mar. 19, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sharon A. Innamorato, Pequannock, NJ (US);
Steven M. Rosen, Mountain Lakes, NJ (US);
Volker Niermann, Little Falls, NJ (US);
Stewart E. Marsden, Montville, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/14 ; B01L 9/06 ; B65D 3/500 ; C12M 1/24 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/14 ; B01L 9/06 ; B65D 3/500 ; C12M 1/24 ;
Abstract
A blood collection assembly designed for one-time use includes a microcollection tube and an adapter for the tube which is sized to fit into the tube slot of an automated analytical instrument. The adapter includes structure which forms a tight and permanent interference fit with the microtube so that the tube, once inserted into the adapter, cannot be removed by hand, and the assembly, after sampling and analysis, must be discarded in one piece.