Patent · US Expired

Device for sampling and/or injecting inside a plugged sample tube

US6135172A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 19, 1999
Grant dateOct 24, 2000
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Expiry dateApr 19, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61M2205/192
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention concerns a hollow needle axially mobile so as to pierce a container stopper. Said needle comprises a pointed end with a cutting edge tangent to the needle cylindrical body generatrix, an oblique shape linking the edge to said cylindrical body and a side outlet orifice of the channel centred on said generatrix and a site spaced from the edge, said orifice being centred perpendicular to the needle longitudinal axis. This invention is applicable to automatic and semiautomatic analytical equipment.

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