Liquid specimen collector with removable extraction device
AssigneeSage Products, LLC
InventorsJanet Ratajczak, Lawrence G. Ponsi, Paul H. Hanifl
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Abstract
A liquid specimen collector for biological fluids. A receptacle is provided for holding fluids, with a cover applied thereon. A sample port is formed in the cover, and a cap is threadedly applied to the port. A removable specimen extractor is installed in the sample port, having a needle for piercing a pierceable end of a specimen vial, and an extraction tube which extends into the receptacle to facilitate withdrawal of any fluid in the receptacle. While the specimen extractor is removable, it is held temporarily in place until its removal is desired.
Claims18
A container for collection of biological fluids, comprising
- a. a receptacle for fluids, said receptacle having an open end,
- b. a cover formed to sealingly close said open end,
- c. a sample port formed in said cover,
- d. a cap shaped to sealingly close said sample port,
- e. a removable specimen extractor formed to be seated within said sample port, said specimen extractor including
- i. a sample cup shaped to receive a pierceable end of a specimen vial,
- ii. a hollow, upstanding needle located within said cup and positioned to pierce said pierceable end when said specimen vial is received in said cup, and
- iii. an extraction tube extending from said cup and communicating with said needle, said tube, when said extractor is seated with said sample port, extending into said receptacle to facilitate withdrawal of fluid therefrom.
A container for collection of biological fluids, comprising
- a. a cylindrical receptacle for fluids, said receptacle having an open end,
- b. a cover formed to sealingly close said open end,
- c. an upstanding sample port formed in said cover, said sample port being offset toward one edge of said cover,
- d. a cap shaped to sealingly close said sample port,
- e. a removable specimen extractor formed to be seated within said sample port, said specimen extractor including
- i. a sample cup shaped to receive a pierceable end of a specimen vial,
- ii. a hollow, upstanding needle located within said cup and positioned to pierce said pierceable end when said specimen vial is received in said cup, and
- iii. an extraction tube extending from said cup and communicating with said needle, said tube, when said extractor is seated with said sample port, extending into said receptacle to facilitate withdrawal of fluid therefrom, and
- f. means counterbalancing said cover, when removed from said receptacle and placed on a surface, such that said tube is inclined upwardly away from contact with the surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.