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Apparatus and methods for maintaining sterility of a specimen container

  • US 9,950,084 B2
  • Filed: 09/06/2016
  • Issued: 04/24/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/03/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for obtaining bodily-fluid samples from a patient, the method comprising:

  • establishing fluid communication between the patient and a first fluid reservoir, the first fluid reservoir being in selective fluid communication with a transfer adapter;

    withdrawing a volume of bodily-fluid from the patient and into the first fluid reservoir;

    coupling a second fluid reservoir to the transfer adapter, the second fluid reservoir having an inlet surface and being coupled to a sterilization member configured to at least temporarily obstruct the inlet surface to maintain the inlet surface in a sterile environment prior to coupling the second fluid reservoir to the transfer adapter;

    moving the sterilization member relative to the inlet surface such that the inlet surface is unobstructed by the sterilization member as the second fluid reservoir is coupled to the transfer adapter, the second fluid reservoir placed in fluid communication with the transfer adapter when the second fluid reservoir is coupled to the transfer adapter and the inlet surface is unobstructed by the sterilization member;

    establishing fluid communication between the first fluid reservoir and the second fluid reservoir; and

    transferring a volume of the bodily-fluid from the first fluid reservoir to the second fluid reservoir.

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