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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2006
Isabelle Besson Faure, Yerres, FR;
Jean-pierre Hermet, Boulogne, FR;
Sébastien Ribault, Romanswiller, FR;
Isabelle Besson Faure, Yerres, FR;
Jean-Pierre Hermet, Boulogne, FR;
Sébastien Ribault, Romanswiller, FR;
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Abstract
The invention concerns a device for preparing a body fluid for a bacteriological analysis thereof comprising a container provided with a chamber () wherein a piston () is mobile between an opening position and a closing position, the chamber () including a separation zone () and means for introducing () a fluid into said chamber and the piston () including a closure means () co-operating with the separation zone () so as to define an upper volume () and a lower volume () on either side of said zone, the upper volume () and the lower volume () mutually communicating when the piston () is in opening position and being tightly isolated from each other when the piston () is in closing position. The invention also concerns a preparation method using such a device ().