Contoured dispenser
AssigneeBiomedical Polymers, Inc.
InventorsMichael T. Faulkner, Wayne M. Miller
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Abstract
A blood testing system includes a cartridge loadable into a blood analyzer. One cartridge includes a convex top portion with a blood entry port therein. A dispenser transfers blood in a stoppered test tube to the cartridge. One dispenser includes a contoured, stabilizing base configured to mate with the cartridge convex top portion. The dispenser may further include a hub supported by the base, a cannula extending upward from the hub, and a dispensing tip in fluid communication with the cannula depending downward from the hub and inserted into the blood entry port of the cartridge when the dispenser base is mated with the cartridge convex top portion.
Claims31
A blood testing system comprising:
- a blood analyzer;
- a cartridge loadable into the blood analyzer, the cartridge including a convex top portion with a blood entry port therein;
- and
- a dispenser for transferring blood in a stoppered test tube to the cartridge,
- the dispenser including:
- a contoured, stabilizing base configured to mate with the cartridge convex top portion,
- a hub supported by the base,
- a cannula extending upward from the hub, and
- a dispensing tip in fluid communication with the cannula depending downward from the hub and inserted into the blood entry port of the cartridge when the dispenser base is mated with the cartridge convex top portion.
A dispenser for transferring fluid in a stoppered test tube to a cartridge with a convex top portion including a fluid entry port therein, the dispenser comprising:
- a contoured, stabilizing base configured to mate with the cartridge convex top portion;
- a hub supported by the base;
- a cannula extending upward from the hub;
- and
- a dispensing tip in fluid communication with the cannula depending downward from the hub and insertable into the fluid entry port of the cartridge when the dispenser base is mated with the cartridge convex top portion.
A dispenser for transferring fluid in a stoppered test tube to a cartridge with a top portion including a blood entry port, the dispenser comprising:
- a base formed to seat on the cartridge top portion;
- a hub supported by the base;
- a cannula extending upward from the hub;
- and
- a dispensing tip in fluid communication with the cannula depending downward from the hub and insertable into the fluid entry port of the cartridge when the dispenser base is seated on the cartridge top portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.