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Device for transferring blood or a similar fluid to a pipette

US4037464A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 5, 1975
Grant dateJul 26, 1977
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Expiry dateJun 5, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N15/05
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A hygienic and contamination-free transfer of blood or corresponding fluids from a cylindrical collecting container, such as a test tube, to a pipette is most desirable for instance at determination of the sedimentation rate of the blood corpuscles; the invention concerns a device for accomplishing such a transfer comprising in combination a tube formed pipette of a compressible, transparent material, a cylindrical body designed to cooperate with the interior of the container as a piston/cylinder arrangement; the cylindrical body being provided at one end of the tube and having an axial through hole adapted to allow communication between the tube and the container.

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