Blood sample optimization device
US12138052B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 24, 2024 |
| Grant date | Nov 12, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 24, 2044 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M2039/068
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Blood sample optimization systems and methods are described that reduce or eliminate contaminates in collected blood samples, which in turn reduces or eliminates false positive readings in blood cultures or other testing of collected blood samples. A blood sample optimization system can include a blood sequestration device located between a patient needle and a sample needle. The blood sequestration device can include a sequestration chamber for sequestering an initial, potentially contaminated aliquot of blood, and may further include a sampling channel that bypasses the sequestration chamber to convey likely uncontaminated blood between the patient needle and the sample needle after the initial aliquot of blood is sequestered in the sequestration chamber.
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