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Telescoping closed-tube sampling assembly

  • US 20060263250A1
  • Filed: 05/04/2006
  • Published: 11/23/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A clinical diagnostic analyzer comprising:

  • an apparatus for sampling fluid in a container, said apparatus comprising, a first non-perforated tube reciprocally movable in a vertical axis comprising a lumen, a piercing end and another end in communication with a conduit, a second non-perforated tube comprising a lumen and a free end, said second tube inseparable during sampling from said lumen of said first tube and at least partially housed within the lumen of said first tube, wherein said free end transitions from an enclosed position within the lumen of said first tube to a deployed position beyond said piercing end of said first tube, and at least one of said first or said second tubes is axially moveable relative to the other, wherein said second tube samples fluid in said container when said free end of said second tube is deployed relative to said piercing end of said first tube.

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