Liquid specimen container
AssigneeBecton, Dickinson and Company
InventorsJack J. Mehl, Cyril J. Calpin
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Abstract
A liquid collection container and a lid adapted to fit over the container, said lid having a cannula which extends into the lower end of the container and which projects through the lid at its upper end so as to be able to pierce the stopper of an air-evacuated, tubular container. The container may have a depressed bottom to assure the maximum collection of fluids, and the lid may have a recess to accommodate the air-evacuated tube.
Claims7
A collection container for collecting, transporting and dispensing a potentially hazardous, biological liquid, which comprises
- a cup to hold said liquid, said cup having an open end, a closed end and sidewalls joining said ends;
- a lid adapted to close the open end, mounted on the open end of the cup and having a central portion, a peripheral margin and a sealing flange at the periphery of the peripheral margin, said peripheral sealing flange making sealing engagement with the open end of the cup, the central portion comprising a continuous, closed recess projecting inwardly inside the cup, said recess having an access portal on the outer surface of said lid and said recess being of a size adapted to receive the cannula pierceable end of a stoppered, air-evacuated tube;
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- a cannula mounted on the central portion of said lid with a first needle end positioned wholly within the recess in a position to pierce the stopper of an air-evacuated tube when said tube is received with its pierceable stopper end first into said recess, and a second needle end within the cup so that communication between said cup and the tube is established when said tube is inserted in the recess.
A collection container for collecting, transporting and dispensing a potentially hazardous, biological liquid, which comprises:
- a cup to hold said liquid, said cup having an open end, a closed end and sidewalls joining said ends;
- a lid adapted to close the open end, mounted on the open end of the cup and having a central portion, a peripheral margin and a sealing flange at the periphery of the peripheral margin, said peripheral sealing flange making sealing engagement with the open end of the cup, the central portion comprising a continuous, closed recess projecting inwardly of the cup, said recess having an access portal on the outer surface of said lid and said recess being of a size adapted to receive the cannula pierceable end of a stoppered, air-evacuated tube;
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- a cannula mounted on the central portion of said lid with a first needle end positioned wholly within the recess in a position to pierce the stopper of an air-evacuated tube when said tube is received with its pierceable stopper end first into said recess, and a second needle end within the cup so that communication between said cup and the tube is established when said tube is inserted in the recess, the bottom of the cup being provided with a depression and the second needle end of the cannula extending into such depression to assure maximum collection of the liquid in the bottom of the cup.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.