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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:
Jun. 18, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Steven P. Tyrrell, Highland Park, IL (US);
Assignee:
BioSafe Laboratories, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/00 ;
Abstract
A system for collecting whole blood includes a metering chamber and a reservoir. A movable gasket or seal is positioned to a fill position, and whole blood is added to the metering chamber until the metering chamber is full. Then the gasket is moved to a closed position, thereby moving blood from the metering chamber to the reservoir and sealing the reservoir. A diluting liquid contained in the reservoir is mixed with the whole blood to dilute and stabilize the whole blood in the reservoir for later analysis of one or more selected blood components.