Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sterile bodily-fluid collection device and methods
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Application No.: US14096826Application Date: 2013-12-04
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Publication No.: US10251590B2Publication Date: 2019-04-09
- Inventor: Gregory J. Bullington , Richard G. Patton , Shan E. Gaw
- Applicant: Magnolia Medical Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US WA Seattle
- Assignee: Magnolia Medical Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Magnolia Medical Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Seattle
- Agency: Cooley LLP
- Main IPC: A61B5/15
- IPC: A61B5/15 ; A61B10/00 ; A61B5/154 ; A61B5/155 ; A61B5/157

Abstract:
An apparatus includes a pre-sample reservoir, a diversion mechanism, and a flow metering mechanism. The diversion mechanism has an inlet port couplable to a lumen-defining device to receive bodily-fluids from a patient, a first outlet port fluidically couplable to the pre-sample reservoir, and a second outlet port fluidically couplable to a sample reservoir. The diversion mechanism defines a first fluid flow path and a second flow path that are configured to place the first outlet port and the second outlet port, respectively, in fluid communication with the inlet port. The flow metering mechanism is configured to meter a flow of a predetermined volume of bodily-fluid through the first fluid flow path into the pre-sample reservoir, to meter a flow of a second volume of bodily-fluid through the second fluid flow path into the sample reservoir, and to display a volumetric indicator associated with the predetermined volume and the second volume.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140155782A1 STERILE BODILY-FLUID COLLECTION DEVICE AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2014-06-05
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