Apparatus for collecting blood sample
CA 2095370 C · Owner: Laible, Rodney · Inventors: Brown, Bradley V.; Laible, Rodney
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A blood sample collection apparatus includes a removable plug adapted to fit within the open end of a blood collection tube. A vacuum tube extends through the plug for evacuating air from the collection tube. A pickup tube protrudes outwardly from the plug for supplying blood to a drop tube extending downwardly from the plug with its lower end positioned within the collection tube substantially below the lower end of the vacuum tube. A primary filter is sealed against the underside of the plug to filter the air drawn through the vacuum tube by a portable hand-held vacuum source. The primary filter is a hydrophobic microporous membrane operative to allow airflow therethrough but to block …
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- Filed May 3, 1993 and granted June 17, 1997. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 3, 2013.
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