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Vacuum actuated blood collection assembly including tube of clot-accelerating plastic

US5344611A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 14, 1993
Grant dateSep 6, 1994
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Expiry dateJun 14, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N33/491
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An evacuated blood collection assembly includes a plastic container having a plasma-treated inside wall surface and an open end covered by a puncturable septum. The inside wall surface may also be abraded to increase surface area. The invention included a method to make the assembly.

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