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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2008
Werner Naser, Penzberg, DE;
Thomas Duelffer, Weilheim, DE;
Rupert Herrmann, Weilheim, DE;
Uwe Kobold, Weilheim, DE;
Herbert Von Der Eltz, Weilheim, DE;
Werner Naser, Penzberg, DE;
Thomas Duelffer, Weilheim, DE;
Rupert Herrmann, Weilheim, DE;
Uwe Kobold, Weilheim, DE;
Herbert von der Eltz, Weilheim, DE;
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a sampling tube for collecting and processing a whole blood sample. The sampling tube contains a reagent for differential hemolysis of whole blood, wherein said reagent for differential hemolysis comprises a chemical for differential hemolysis and an anti-coagulant, and wherein said sampling tube is a ready-to-use and single-use sampling tube. It also relates to the use of said sampling tube in the processing of a whole blood sample for liquid chromatography and also to the use of a blood sample processed in such sampling tube in a liquid chromatography-based analysis.