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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. 24, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenneth Kensey, Malvern, PA (US);
Assignee:
Rheologics, Inc., Exton, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 ;
Abstract
An apparatus that allows a patient to blood let safely and automatically and which allows for the safe disposal of the withdrawn blood. The apparatus utilizes an intubator that couples to a blood vessel, a blood collector which contains a micro-biological inactivating agent and a blood conveyor which is coupled between the intubator and the blood collector for passing blood from the intubator to the blood collector.