Biological sampling tube
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1. A tube assembly for biological materials, the assembly comprising:
- a tube having a substantially cylindrical mouth and extending along an axis; and
a needle-pierceable closure press fitted on and hermetically sealing said tube at said mouth, said closure comprisinga cap fitted over said mouth and consisting ofa cylindrical and annularly continuous outer wall lying radially against an outer surface of said tube at said mouth,an annular end wall extending radially inward from said outer wall at said mouth, anda cylindrical and annularly continuous inner wall connected to said end wall and extending axially into said tube at said mouth but spaced from an inner surface of said tube at said mouth, said inner wall being parallel to said outer wall and perpendicular to said end wall,a needle-pierceable and elastomeric membrane received within said cap and connected thereto, said membrane being unitarily formed withan annularly continuous, cylindrical, and elastically compressible portion extending beneath said end wall and within the space between said inner wall and said inner surface, the portion being compressed radially between the inner wall and the inner surface and thereby forming a seal between said cap and said tube, anda plug portion surrounded by said inner wall, and being unitary with said compressible portion, and spanning said cap, flush with said end wall, anda seal member of uniform thickness heat-sealed to said end wall across said cap and said membrane.
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Abstract
A blood sampling tube preferably of glass is formed with a hermetic closure which is applied by press fitting and can be pulled off the tube. The closure has an annular cap in which the needle-pierceable membrane is secured and whose inner and outer walls flank the walls of the tube to the mouth of the cap, an annular portion of the membrane being compressed between the inner cap wall and the inner surface of the tube.
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1. A tube assembly for biological materials, the assembly comprising:
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a tube having a substantially cylindrical mouth and extending along an axis; and a needle-pierceable closure press fitted on and hermetically sealing said tube at said mouth, said closure comprising a cap fitted over said mouth and consisting of a cylindrical and annularly continuous outer wall lying radially against an outer surface of said tube at said mouth, an annular end wall extending radially inward from said outer wall at said mouth, and a cylindrical and annularly continuous inner wall connected to said end wall and extending axially into said tube at said mouth but spaced from an inner surface of said tube at said mouth, said inner wall being parallel to said outer wall and perpendicular to said end wall, a needle-pierceable and elastomeric membrane received within said cap and connected thereto, said membrane being unitarily formed with an annularly continuous, cylindrical, and elastically compressible portion extending beneath said end wall and within the space between said inner wall and said inner surface, the portion being compressed radially between the inner wall and the inner surface and thereby forming a seal between said cap and said tube, and a plug portion surrounded by said inner wall, and being unitary with said compressible portion, and spanning said cap, flush with said end wall, and a seal member of uniform thickness heat-sealed to said end wall across said cap and said membrane. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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