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Telescoping closed-tube sampling assembly

US9817010B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Instrumentation Laboratory · IT

Inventors

Matthew Blouin · Townsend, US
Gregory M. Murphy · Kyle, US
Diana Mackenzie · Waltham, US
Alan L. Weeks · Easton, US
Daniel Kobrenski · North Andover, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 8, 2014
Grant date	Nov 14, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 6, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T436/2575
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A clinical diagnostic sample analyzer for analyzing a sample of a patient is disclosed. The analyzer includes a telescoping closed-tube sampling assembly with a sample probe concentrically housed within a piercing probe and a venting mechanism. The closed-tube sampling assembly is used for aspirating a sample from a sample tube for analysis by a clinical diagnostic sample analyzer.

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