Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
600577000 | Penetrable seal in liquid flow path to collection reservoir | 13 |
20080319346 | Safety Blood Collection Assembly With Indicator - A needle assembly is disclosed. The needle assembly includes a housing having a flash chamber, and having a distal end and a proximal end engageable with a specimen collection container. The assembly includes a cannula having a patient end, a non-patient end, and a sidewall extending therebetween defining a cannula interior. The patient end of the cannula projects at least partially from the distal end of the housing, and the cannula interior is in fluid communication with the flash chamber. The assembly further includes a shield restrainably engaged with a portion of the housing and axially transitionable over the patient cannula from a retracted position in which the patient end is exposed, to an extended position in which the patient end is shielded by at least a portion of the shield, wherein at least a portion of the flash chamber is visible in the retracted position. | 12-25-2008 |
20090105611 | Closed Kit for Tissue Containment and Stabilization for Molecular and Histopathology Diagnostics - A container for storing a biological sample is disclosed. The container includes a housing having a closed end, an open end, and a sidewall extending therebetween defining a container interior. The container has a removable closure for enclosing the open end of the housing and a sample holder for housing a biological sample detachably connected to the closure and insertable within the container interior. A port is disposed within the closure adjacent the sample holder to allow fluid to pass therethrough into the container interior. An injection device for engaging the port may also be provided. A first fluid may be initially provided within the container interior and a second fluid may be subsequently injected by the injection device through the port into the container interior. | 04-23-2009 |
20100241029 | RETRACTABLE NEEDLE-SAFETY BLOOD SAMPLING DEVICE - A safety device is presented for securely stowing a double sharp-ended needle. The device comprises a tubular adapter with a longitudinally-elongated channel. A needle holder is located in the channel to move from a distal orientation, in which one needle end projects from a distal adapter opening, and a proximal orientation, in which both needle ends are enclosed within the adapter body. A top plate transitions from a distal orientation, in which the plate is distal from a proximal adapter opening, and a proximal orientation, in which the top plate obstructs the proximal adapter opening. An actuator plate is attached to the adapter body to transition from a first position where the actuator plate retains the needle holder and top plate in distal orientations, and a second position where the needle holder and top plate move to proximal orientations. | 09-23-2010 |
20100280414 | Protease Inhibitor Sample Collection System - A collection container and a method for collecting a biological sample, particularly whole blood, includes at least one stabilizing agent in an amount effective to stabilize and inhibit protein degradation and/or fragmentation. The stabilizing agent is able to stabilize proteases in the biological sample, particularly at the point of collection, by inhibiting protein degradation and/or fragmentation in the sample when the sample is stored. The stabilizing agent comprises or consists of one or more protease inhibitors. | 11-04-2010 |
20120029384 | Accutainer - This invention is a device which can be used to obtain a sample of blood from a person or animal. It incorporates parts of two existing devices (syringes and Vacutainers) into one device in a new configuration, and it reduces or eliminates some of the disadvantages of each of these two existing devices. Unlike the typical use of a syringe, a sample of blood is transferred directly from the blood vessel of a person or animal to the test tube or similar container that is sent to a laboratory for testing. Unlike a Vacutainer, the differential pressure between the two ends of a hypodermic needle can be controlled while the device is being used. | 02-02-2012 |
20120071790 | RETRACTABLE NEEDLE-SAFETY BLOOD SAMPLING DEVICE - A safety device is presented for securely stowing a double sharp-ended needle. The device comprises a tubular adapter with a longitudinally-elongated channel. A needle holder is located in the channel to move from a distal orientation, in which one needle end projects from a distal adapter opening, and a proximal orientation, in which both needle ends are enclosed within the adapter body. A top plate transitions from a distal orientation, in which the plate is distal from a proximal adapter opening, and a proximal orientation, in which the top plate obstructs the proximal adapter opening. An actuator plate is attached to the adapter body to transition from a first position where the actuator plate retains the needle holder and top plate in distal orientations, and a second position where the needle holder and top plate move to proximal orientations. | 03-22-2012 |
20130006148 | VACUUM BLOOD COLLECTION TUBE, BLOOD COLLECTION UNIT AND DEVICE FOR DISCRIMINATING TEST METHODS - A vacuum blood collection tube which includes a tubular body with a bottom having inner spaces with a prescribed capacity and a plug body which hermetically seals an open end of the tubular body to maintain the inner spaces at a prescribed reduced pressure, wherein blood is collected into the inner spaces of the tubular body by differential pressure between the blood pressure and the pressure of the inner spaces via a hollow blood collection needle one end of which is punctured into a blood vessel and the other end of which is punctured into the plug body, the inner space is divided into a plurality of inner spaces by partitioning the inner space of the tubular body, each of the inner spaces has a prescribed capacity and maintains a prescribed reduced pressure depending on a purpose of each blood test, and the blood with an amount depending on the purposes of the various blood tests is collected in each of the inner spaces through the blood collection needle punctured into the blood vessel. | 01-03-2013 |
20130066234 | VESSEL FOR BLOOD SAMPLING - The present invention relates to a vessel for withdrawing blood, the vessel containing a solution which comprises a guanidinium salt, a buffer substance, a reducing agent, and/or a detergent as components. The vessel is particularly suited for withdrawing blood which is to be analyzed with respect to nucleic acids. | 03-14-2013 |
20130218048 | Apparatus and method for determining a biochemical function of a fluid - Sensor apparatus ( | 08-22-2013 |
20130226032 | PORTABLE DEVICE FOR EX VIVO STIMULATION OF WHOLE BLOOD - Disclosed are methods, device kits, and systems for improved quantification of mRNA from whole blood. More particularly, the devices and kites related thereto are useful for the controlled and repeatable ex vivo stimulation of whole blood. | 08-29-2013 |
20140296744 | Syringe with Removable Plunger for Arterial Blood Gas Sample Collection - A fluid collection assembly ( | 10-02-2014 |
20160157767 | Capillary Action Collection Device and Container Assembly - A container assembly is disclosed including an outer container, a hollow inner member, and a closure. The outer container has a closed bottom, an open top, and a sidewall extending therebetween. The hollow inner member is disposed within the outer container and has an inner surface defining at least one capillary channel. The inner member includes a first end adjacent to the open top of the outer container and has an outer periphery seated against the sidewall of the outer container. The closure has a proximal end and a distal end. The closure proximal end is seated at least partially within the first end of the inner member to seal the outer container and inner member and define a fluid collection chamber. The closure distal end defines a recessed area shaped to direct fluid under capillary action to the at least one capillary channel in the inner member. | 06-09-2016 |
20160198991 | Universal Sampling Cap | 07-14-2016 |