Collection container assembly
CA 2245153 C · Owner: Becton, Dickinson And Company · Inventors: Kelly, Karin E.; Macy, Johnathan I.; Roe, Mark
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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The present invention is a collection container assembly comprising a container having a plurality of fins extending from the bottom of the container wherein the external dimensions of the assembly are substantially the same as a standard-sized blood collection tube but with a reduced internal volume of the container.
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- Filed August 13, 1998 and granted May 28, 2002. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 13, 2018.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by August 13, 2020.
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