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US 11,439,333 B2Granted
Blood collection system including a baffle
AssigneeBecton, Dickinson and Company
InventorsYiping Ma, Joseph Spataro, Huy Tran, Kathryn Willybiro, Jonathan Karl Burkholz, Bart D. Peterson
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Abstract
A blood sample collection system, may include a housing, the housing including a blood collection port; and a baffle chamber; a needle formed through the housing and into the blood collection port; and a baffle formed within the baffle chamber to counteract a vacuum within a blood collection tube when pierced by the needle.
Claims12
A blood sample collection system, comprising:
- a housing, the housing comprising:
- a blood collection port;
- and
- a baffle chamber;
- a collection needle formed through the housing and into the blood collection port;
- a baffle formed within the baffle chamber to counteract a vacuum within a blood collection tube when pierced by the needle;
- and
- a spring disposed within the baffle and biased such that the baffle is in an expanded state.
5 more elements
A peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC) device, comprising:
- a housing, the housing comprising:
- a blood collection port, the blood collection port comprising a thread to receive a complementary thread from a blood collection tube placed in the blood collection port;
- and
- a baffle chamber fluidically coupled to the blood collection port via a baffle conduit formed into the housing;
- a needle formed through the housing and into the blood collection port;
- a baffle formed within the baffle chamber to counteract a vacuum within a blood collection tube when pierced by the needle;
- and
- a spring disposed within the baffle and biased such that the baffle is in an expanded state.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.