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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:
May. 10, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2002
Patrick Joseph Antonelli, Gainesville, FL (US);
Patrick Joseph Antonelli, Gainesville, FL (US);
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (US);
Abstract
A small volume effusion trap for use with common surgical or medical instruments having a housing unit with two elongate, rigid, hollow members, a vacuum source, and a drainage tube. In an embodiment, a standard, commercially available sample vial attaches to the housing unit to collect the effusion. The sample vial can be utilized directly in standardized diagnostic and/or therapeutic analysis apparatuses. To collect a small volume of effusion, one elongate, rigid, hollow member is connected to standard surgical or medical aspirators and the other elongate, rigid, hollow member is connected to the vacuum line. With suction applied to the elongate, rigid, hollow member, an area of reduced pressure is produced in the sample vial so as to cause aspirated effusion to proceed from the surgical or medical apparatus through the elongate, rigid hollow member into the sample vial.
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