Method and apparatus for collecting blood samples prior to a blood collection procedure
AssigneeBaxter International Inc.
InventorsJean-Marie Mathias, Jean-Claude Bernes, Thomas Walter Coneys
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Abstract
A holder for receiving a sampling tube of a blood sampling system is disclosed. The holder has an interior pocket which can be conformed from a closed position to an open position for receiving the sampling tube.
Claims31
A holder for receiving a sampling tube said holder comprising a distal end, a proximal end and a central body portion defining an interior pocket, wherein said interior pocket may be conformed to receive a sampling tube.
The holder of claim 25 wherein said body portion may be flexed so that said interior pocket has a generally square cross-sectional area.
A holder for receiving a sampling tube, said holder comprising a distal end, a proximal end, a central body portion defining an interior pocket and a piercing member assembly attachable at said distal end, said assembly having a first portion disposed within said interior pocket and a second portion extending from said distal end to the exterior, said holder further comprising a fluid reservoir located at said distal end.
A holder for receiving a sampling tube, said holder comprising a distal end, a proximal end and a central body portion, said body portion including at least one tab having said tab including an aperture extending therethrough.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.