Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fluid diversion mechanism for bodily-fluid sampling
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Application No.: US15854273Application Date: 2017-12-26
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Publication No.: US10736554B2Publication Date: 2020-08-11
- Inventor: Gregory J. Bullington , Richard G. Patton , Jay M. Miazga , 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: A61B5/00
- IPC: A61B5/00 ; A61B5/15 ; A61B5/153

Abstract:
An apparatus includes a housing, a fluid reservoir, a flow control mechanism, and an actuator. The housing defines an inner volume and has an inlet port that can be fluidically coupled to a patient and an outlet port. The fluid reservoir is disposed in the inner volume to receive and isolate a first volume of a bodily-fluid. The flow control mechanism is rotatable in the housing from a first configuration, in which a first lumen places the inlet port is in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir, and a second configuration, in which a second lumen places the inlet port in fluid communication with the outlet port. The actuator is configured to create a negative pressure in the fluid reservoir and is configured to rotate the flow control mechanism from the first configuration to the second configuration after the first volume of bodily-fluid is received in the fluid reservoir.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180116577A1 FLUID DIVERSION MECHANISM FOR BODILY-FLUID SAMPLING Public/Granted day:2018-05-03
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