Container for receiving a blood sample

• US 7,699,828 B2
• Filed: 10/13/2005
• Issued: 04/20/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fenwal Incorporated (Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA)
• Original Assignee: Fenwal Incorporated (Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA)
• Inventors: Mathias, Jean-Marie, Bernes, Jean-Claude
• Primary Examiner(s): Deak; Leslie R
• Assistant Examiner(s): MARCETICH, ADAM M
• Application Number:
  US11/251,283
• Publication Number:
  US 20060111687A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,650 Days
• Field of Search: 604/318, 604/327, 604/403, 604/408, 604/409, 604/905, 600/573, 600/576, 600/577, 600/578, 600/579, 600/580, D94/34
• US Class Current: 604/409
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/15003 for venous or arterial blood
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150366 Blood collection bags, e.g. connected to the patient by a catheter comprising means for removing a small sample of collected blood from the bag collection bags as such A61J1/05, A61M1/0209
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150572 Pierceable protectors, e.g. shields, caps, sleeves or films, e.g. for hygienic purposes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150732 Needle holders, for instance for holding the needle by the hub, used for example with double-ended needle and pre-evacuated tube,
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/150992 Blood sampling from a fluid line external to a patient, such as a catheter line, combined with an infusion line; blood sampling from indwelling needle sets, e.g. sealable ports, luer couplings, valves tubing connectors and couplings A61M39/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/154 Devices using pre-evacuated means
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/155 Devices specially adapted for continuous or multiple sampling, e.g. at predetermined intervals devices loaded with multiple lancets simultaneously A61B5/15146
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/0209 Multiple bag systems for separating or storing blood components
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/0236 with sampling means, e.g. sample bag or sampling port
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 604/905 Aseptic connectors or couplings, e.g. frangible, piercable

Abstract

A holder for receiving a sampling tube of a blood sampling system is disclosed. The holder has an interior pocket which can be conformed from a closed position to an open position for receiving the sampling tube.

Claims

1. A container for receiving a blood sample including:

a proximal end portion and a distal end portion and a pair of peripherally sealed oppositely facing walls wherein a peripheral seal defines an interior chamber;

a single plastic tube communicating with and extending into said interior chamber from the proximal end portion of said container, said single tube defining an uninterrupted flow path terminating in an open distal end, said single tube and flow path therein extending substantially across the entire distance of the interior chamber from the peripheral seal at the proximal end portion and between said walls such that the open distal end of said tube terminates adjacent to but spaced from the peripheral seal at the distal end portion of the container,

said single plastic tube providing the only path for blood flow into and out from said chamber.

2. The container of claim 1 wherein said interior chamber has a generally circular profile.