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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:
Sep. 30, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jagmohanbir Singh Dillon, Oxley, AU;
William Leonard Mobbs, Farrar, AU;
Assignee:
Noble House Group Pty. Ltd., Fyshwick, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/900 ; A61M 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/900 ; A61M 1/00 ;
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are disclosed whereby the initial flow of blood during blood collection is diverted to a sample pouch to trap the skin plug and to allow samples to be taken during subsequent blood collection to a normal blood bag. This is effected by connecting the needle line ( ), the sample line ( ) to the sample pouch ( ) and the bag line ( ) to the blood bag to a multi-port valve ( ) that includes an actuator ( ). During the procedure, the valve ( ) may be attached to the arm ( ) of the donor by means of a wrist-strap ( ).