Capillary blood collector and method
OwnerNanci Van Valkenburginventor
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Abstract
A capillary blood collector having a collection tube with a collar secured thereto. A bowl is provided with a capillary tube secured to the bowl bottom and communicating with an opening in the bottom of the bowl. A plurality of legs are attached to the bowl and extend downwardly therefrom. Each leg has a lower recess and an upper recess that are adapted to removably receive the collar. A method for collecting blood comprising lodging the collar in the lower recess of each leg, depositing blood in the bowl to gravity feed through the capillary tube into the collection tube, and removing the collar from within each lower recess and lodging the collar in the upper recess of each leg.
Claims20
A capillary blood collector comprising a collection tube having a tube top;
- an inner collar circumferentially disposed around the inside of said collection tube in proximity to said tube top;
- a bowl having a level bottom with a bowl opening;
- a capillary tube secured to said bowl bottom and communicating with said bowl opening;
- at least on leg supported by said bowl in a depending relationship, said leg having an inner leg face and an outer leg face, said leg having a structure defining a lower recess and an upper recess on said outer leg face;
- and said leg removably connects to said inner collar such that said capillary tube extends into said collection tube.
A capillary blood collector comprising a collection tube having a tube top;
- an outer collar circumferentially dispose around the outside of said collection tube in proximity to said tube top;
- a bowl having a level bottom with a bowl opening;
- a capillary tube secured to said bowl bottom and communicating with said bowl opening;
- at least one leg supported by said bowl in a depending relationship, said leg having an inner leg face and an outer leg face, said leg having a structure defining a lower recess and an upper recess on said inner leg face, and said leg removably connects to the outer collar such that the capillary tube extends into the collection tube.
A method for collecting blood comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a collection tube having a collar secured thereto;
- (b) providing a bowl having a bowl bottom with a bowl opening and a capillary tube secured to said bowl bottom and communicating with said bowl opening, and at least one leg supported by said bowl in a depending relationship and said leg having a lower recess and an upper recess;
- (c) inserting said capillary tube into said collection tube;
- (d) positioning said collar in said lower recess of said leg;
- (e) depositing blood into said bowl such that the blood flows through the bowl opening and through the capillary tube and into the collection tube;
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- (f) removing said collar from said lower recess and positioning said collar into said upper recess of said leg.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.