Sealing cap for a body fluid container and a blood collection device
First Claim
1. A sealing cap for a body fluid container, the sealing cap comprising:
- an inner cap placeable on an opening that forms a mouth in the body fluid container, the inner cap comprising a shielding member which seals the mouth of the body fluid container and a first interlocking element for forming a threaded connection;
an outer cap comprising a second interlocking element for forming the threaded connection, wherein the first interlocking element of the inner cap and the second interlocking element of the outer cap forms the threaded connection between the inner cap and the outer cap such that the outer cap is movable relative to the inner cap; and
a channel member forming part of the outer cap, the channel member comprising a passage configured to receive a pipetting device, wherein;
while the threaded connection is formed between the inner cap and the outer cap, the outer cap slides by a rotational movement along the inner cap between a first position and a second position;
when the outer cap is in the first position, the channel member is located separated from the shielding member and a portion of the shielding member is at an initial sealing position, such that the shielding member is in a closed state;
when the outer cap is in the second position, the channel member extends through the shielding member and the portion of the shielding member is moved downwards and aside from the initial sealing position by the channel member, thereby establishing an open state of the shielding member; and
when the outer cap is moved back from the second position to the first position, the shielding member returns to the initial sealing position to place the shielding member in the closed state.
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Abstract
A sealing cap for a body fluid container, and a body fluid collection device and system are disclosed. The sealing cap includes an inner cap placeable on an opening in the body fluid container forming a mouth, the inner cap has a shielding member which seals the mouth of the body fluid container, an outer cap resting on the inner cap, the outer cap being movable relative to the inner cap, and a channel member, wherein by a rotational movement the outer cap is movable between an first position in which the channel member is located separated from the shielding member and a second position in which the channel member extends through the shielding member, thereby establishing an open state of the shielding member, and wherein the shielding member returns to a closed state when the outer cap is moved back from the second position to the first position.
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1. A sealing cap for a body fluid container, the sealing cap comprising:
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an inner cap placeable on an opening that forms a mouth in the body fluid container, the inner cap comprising a shielding member which seals the mouth of the body fluid container and a first interlocking element for forming a threaded connection; an outer cap comprising a second interlocking element for forming the threaded connection, wherein the first interlocking element of the inner cap and the second interlocking element of the outer cap forms the threaded connection between the inner cap and the outer cap such that the outer cap is movable relative to the inner cap; and a channel member forming part of the outer cap, the channel member comprising a passage configured to receive a pipetting device, wherein; while the threaded connection is formed between the inner cap and the outer cap, the outer cap slides by a rotational movement along the inner cap between a first position and a second position; when the outer cap is in the first position, the channel member is located separated from the shielding member and a portion of the shielding member is at an initial sealing position, such that the shielding member is in a closed state; when the outer cap is in the second position, the channel member extends through the shielding member and the portion of the shielding member is moved downwards and aside from the initial sealing position by the channel member, thereby establishing an open state of the shielding member; and when the outer cap is moved back from the second position to the first position, the shielding member returns to the initial sealing position to place the shielding member in the closed state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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