Adaptor for use with point-of-care testing cartridge

• US 6,866,640 B2
• Filed: 03/26/2002
• Issued: 03/15/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Becton, Dickinson & Co
• Original Assignee: Becton, Dickinson & Co
• Inventors: Francavilla, Frank, Crawford, Jamieson William Maclean
• Primary Examiner(s): Hindenburg, Max F.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Szmal, Brian
• Application Number:
  US10/106,939
• Publication Number:
  US 20020143273A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,085 Days
• Field of Search: 600573-576, 422934-936, 422939-948, 222/165, 222/576, 604/187, 604/276
• US Class Current: 600/573
• CPC Class Codes: B01L 3/0275 Interchangeable or disposable dispensing tips

Abstract

An adaptor is provided to facilitate delivery of a fluid specimen from a syringe to a point-of-care testing cartridge. The adaptor includes a tube with an outlet end, an inlet end and a passage extending between the ends. The outlet end of the tube is dimensioned for mating with the entry port of the testing cartridge. The inlet end of the tube is dimensioned for mating with the syringe. The adaptor further includes a support wall extending transversely from the tube and at least one positioning wall extending from the support wall. The positioning wall is spaced transversely from the outlet of the tube by a distance substantially equal to the distance between a side wall of the testing cartridge and the entry port of the testing cartridge. A bottom wall and a lock arm extend from the positioning wall. The bottom wall of the adaptor engages the bottom wall of the testing cartridge and the lock arm of the adaptor engages the top wall of the testing cartridge.

Claims

1. An adaptor for use with a testing cartridge and a syringe to facilitate delivery of a fluid specimen from said syringe to said testing cartridge, said testing cartridge having a housing with top and bottom walls defining a thickness for said testing cartridge, said testing cartridge further having a pair of opposed side walls and a pair of opposed end walls extending between said too and bottom walls, said entry port of said testing cartridge extending through said top wall at a first distance from one said side wall and at a second distance from one said end wall, said adaptor comprising:

a bottom wall, a positioning wall extending angularly from said bottom wall, a support wall cantilevered from said positioning wall and spaced from said bottom wall, a tapered tube connected to said support wall at a location spaced from said positioning wall, said tapered tube having an outlet end, an inlet end and a passage extending between said ends, said outlet end being spaced from said bottom wall, of said adaptor by a distance greater than the thickness of said testing cartridge and being spaced from said positioning wall by a distance substantially equal to said first distance, whereby said outlet end of said tapered tube substantially aligns with said entry port of said testing cartridge when said bottom wall and said positioning wall of said adaptor are engaged with said bottom wall and said side wall of said testing cartridge.

2. The adaptor of claim 1, wherein said positioning wall is a first positioning wall, and wherein said adaptor further comprises a second positioning wall connected to said bottom wall and spaced from said outlet end of said tube by a distance substantially equal to said second distance.

3. The adaptor of claim 1, further comprising a lock arm extending from said positioning wall and configured for locked engagement with said top wall of said testing cartridge when said outlet end of said tube is aligned with said entry port of said testing cartridge.

4. The adaptor of claim 1, wherein said adaptor is a formed of plastic, and wherein said bottom wall, said positioning wall, said support wall and said tapered tube are unitary with one another.

5. The adaptor of claim 1, wherein said bottom wall of said adaptor is substantially perpendicular to said positioning walls and to said tube.

6. The adaptor of claim 1, wherein said inlet of said tube of said adaptor is tapered.

7. The adaptor of claim 6, wherein said inlet of the tube of said adaptor comprising a pair of opposite Luer projections for threaded engagement with a Luer collar.

8. An adaptor for a testing cartridge, said adaptor comprising a bottom wall, first and second positioning walls angularly aligned to one another and projecting rigidly and unitarily from the bottom wall, a support wall cantilevered rigidly and unitarily from said first positioning wall and a tapered tube extending rigidly and unitarily from an end of said support wall spaced from said first and second positioning walls, said tapered tube being aligned substantially perpendicular to said bottom wall and being spaced from said bottom wall, said tapered tube having an outlet end substantially opposed to said bottom wall, and inlet end and a passage extending between said ends, said inlet end defining a Luer taper, whereby said inlet end of said tapered tube of said adaptor is releasably engageable with a Luer fitting of a syringe for delivering a liquid specimen to a point-of-care testing cartridge supported on said bottom wall of said adaptor.

9. The adaptor of claim 8, wherein said first and second positioning walls are substantially perpendicular to one another and are unitary with one another.

10. The adaptor of claim 9, further comprising a lock arm cantilevered from said first positioning wall and aligned substantially parallel to said bottom wall.