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Sample collector using a syringe with a side port in the barrel

  • US 7,418,880 B1
  • Filed: 12/13/2005
  • Issued: 09/02/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for collecting a liquid sample, comprising the steps of;

  • inserting a needle of a syringe while a plunger is substantially depressed into a sample bottle;

    inserting the sample bottle and the syringe into a liquid such that a side port on the syringe is fully submerged in the liquid; and

    withdrawing the plunger from the syringe such that the plunger rises above the side port, thereby creating a vacuum within the sample bottle which draws some of the liquid through the side port and into the sample bottle.

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