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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
May. 04, 2006
Matthew Blouin, Townsend, MA (US);
Gregory Murphy, Lowell, MA (US);
Diana Mackenzie, Waltham, MA (US);
Alan Weeks, S. Eaton, MA (US);
Daniel Kobrenski, North Andover, MA (US);
Matthew Blouin, Townsend, MA (US);
Gregory Murphy, Lowell, MA (US);
Diana Mackenzie, Waltham, MA (US);
Alan Weeks, S. Eaton, MA (US);
Daniel Kobrenski, North Andover, MA (US);
Instrumentation Laboratory Company, Bedford, MA (US);
Abstract
A clinical diagnostic sample analyzer for analyzing a sample of a patient is disclosed. The analyzer includes a telescoping closed-tube sampling assembly with a sample probe concentrically housed within a piercing probe and a venting mechanism. The closed-tube sampling assembly is used for aspirating a sample from a sample tube for analysis by a clinical diagnostic sample analyzer.