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Patent No.:

US 7909773 B1

Expired

Date of Patent:

Mar. 22, 2011

Filed:

Mar. 24, 2006

Post-operative bacteria test strip spool and method

Applicants:

Frank J. Viola, Sandy Hook, CT (US);

Michael A. Soltz, North Haven, CT (US);

Robert J. Beetel, Hamden, CT (US);

Katherine Jordan, Storrs, CT (US);

Alicia Joy Farrell, Enfield, CT (US);

Emily Grace-anne Gumkowski, Redondo Beach, CA (US);

Inventors:

Frank J. Viola, Sandy Hook, CT (US);

Michael A. Soltz, North Haven, CT (US);

Robert J. Beetel, Hamden, CT (US);

Katherine Jordan, Storrs, CT (US);

Alicia Joy Farrell, Enfield, CT (US);

Emily Grace-Anne Gumkowski, Redondo Beach, CA (US);

Assignee:

Tyco Healthcare Group LP, North Haven, CT (US);

Attorney:

Primary Examiner:

Max Hindenburg

Assistant Examiner:

Fangemonique Smith

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

A61B 5/00 (2006.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

Abstract

A media-dispensing apparatus for testing body fluids and a method of using the same are disclosed. The apparatus includes a housing having a lower portion and an upper portion, and an elongated tubular member having a distal opening adjacent a distal end thereof. The elongated tubular member includes a first lumen within the elongated tubular member extending from the lower portion of the housing to the distal opening and includes a second lumen within the elongated tubular member extending from the upper portion of the housing to the distal opening. A media strip is dispensable from the lower portion of the housing, through the first lumen, out the distal opening of the elongated tubular member, through the second lumen and into the upper portion of the housing.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Viola, Frank. (2011). Post-operative bacteria test strip spool and method (U.S. Patent No. 7909773). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7909773

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