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Blood collecting apparatus and blood-collecting method using blood collecting apparatus

US6328726A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 15, 1999
Grant dateDec 11, 2001
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Expiry dateJan 15, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61M1/3643
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A blood collecting apparatus comprises a blood collecting needle 152; the blood collecting bag, a first tube whose one end communicates with the blood collecting bag and other end communicates with the blood collecting needle, the branch portion provided on a portion of the first tube, a second tube connected with the branch portion at one end thereof and having a blood take-out port (sampling port); and a flexible resin bag including a third tube communicating with the second tube. The flexible resin bag is capable of accommodating air inside a part of the first tube between the branch portion and the blood collecting needle and air inside the second tube when the blood collecting apparatus is used.

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