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Blood transfer device

US4342341A · kind A · utility

29Cited by
12References
4Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 12, 1980
Grant dateAug 3, 1982
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Expiry dateJun 12, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N35/1079
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An arrangement for sampling a liquid by a closed procedure which includes penetrating the closure (34) of a container (33) of liquid by a needle (62) having a bore (68), a solid point (63), and a radial passage (66) near the point of communication with the bore, the needle including a space (67) extending coaxially therein in addition to the bore, and outward apertures (70) and (71) communicating with the space and positioned so that when the needle penetrates the closure into the container for a predetermined distance, one of the apertures is within the container and another of the apertures is outside the container.

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