Transport package
CA 2398161 A1 · Owner: Davidson, Roderick Iain · Inventors: Boyd-Moss, Graeme Stuart Durban; Davidson, Roderick Iain
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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A transport package for containing sample tubes and similar materials prone to leakage comprises a rigid, crush resistant tube e.g. wound from cardboard and having an integrally formed super-absorbent lining (2) the ends of the tube , being closed by end caps (4). The transport package may be placed into a protective envelope (11) comprising a closely fitting pouch for the package and a further pouch for accompanying documentation. Several such packages or packages in envelopes may be placed in a tertiary container comprising a tube forming a main body of the tertiary container (60). This tube may be divided into two sections (64,66), held together by a shrink fit band (40) or outer …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed January 26, 2001. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended January 26, 2021.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by January 26, 2023.
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