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US 5,325,867 AGranted
Device for withdrawing body fluids
AssigneeAVL Medical Instruments AG
InventorsFalko Skrabal, Erich Kleinhappl, Helmut List
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AssigneeAVL Medical Instruments AG
InventorsFalko Skrabal, Erich Kleinhappl, Helmut List
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A device for the sampling of body fluids using a hollow needle (6), is provided with a storage system (3) with several separate sample containers (4) placed on a movable carrier (9). The containers (4) which are sealed by puncturable membranes (5) so as to be gas-tight, will receive collected fractions of the body fluid at given intervals, a device (7) connected to a control unit (2) being provided, by which the hollow needle (6) is positioned over each sample container (4) in turn and is inserted through the membrane (5) into the sample container. The sampling device 1 is configured as a two-channel cannula (18), one (19) of whose channels is connected via a first connecting tube (25) to the hollow needle (6) used for insertion into the sample containers (4), while its other channel (20) is connected via a second connecting tube (26) to a pump (8'; 21) operated by the control unit (2). In their unused state the individual sample containers (4) are filled within an amount of gas or gas mixture whose volume at atmospheric pressure is smaller than that of the body fluid to be received.
A device for withdrawing body fluids, such as blood, urine and tissue fluid, comprising a sampling unit connected to a hollow needle, and a storage system comprising a heat-insulating housing having openings through which said hollow needle may pass, wherein said heat-insulating housing encases several separate sample containers placed on a movable carrier, each said sample container being sealed by means of a puncturable membrane so as to be gas-tight, said sample containers intended to receive fractions of said body fluid collected at given intervals, said device also comprising a control unit being provided to control the positioning of said hollow needle over each of said sample containers in turn and to control the insertion of said hollow needle into each sample container through said puncturable membrane, wherein said sampling unit is configured as a two-channel cannula, a first of said channels being connected via a first connecting tube to said hollow needle and a second of said channels being connected via a second connecting tube to a pump operated by said control unit, and wherein said sample containers have rigid walls, and wherein the pressure prevailing inside said sample containers is lower than the ambient pressure.
A device for withdrawing body fluids, such as blood, urine and tissue fluid, comprising a sampling unit connected to a hollow needle, and a storage system comprising a heat-insulating housing having openings through which said hollow needle may pass, wherein said heat-insulating housing encases several separate sample containers placed on a movable carrier, each said sample container being sealed by means of a puncturable membrane so as to be gas-tight, said sample containers intended to receive fractions of said body fluid collected at given intervals, said device also comprising a control unit being provided to control the positioning of said hollow needle over each of said sample containers in turn and to control the insertion of said hollow needle into each sample container through said puncturable membrane, wherein said sampling unit is configured as a two-channel cannula, a first of said channels being connected via a first connecting tube to said hollow needle and a second of said channels being connected via a second connecting tube to a pump operated by said control unit, and wherein each said sample container comprises an evacuated deformable vessel.
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