Device for sampling a specimen container

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9574219
APP PUB NO 20100288060A1
SERIAL NO

12800392

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A sampling device for a specimen container having a closure sealing the interior of the specimen container from the environment includes a needle, a body coupled to the needle and defining a chamber in fluid communication with the needle, the body further comprising a port forming an opening in the body, the port in fluid communication with the chamber. A multitude of the sampling devices may be stored in a cassette. The sampling devices may include a second chamber for separation and concentration of a microbial agent present in a sample. In this configuration second chamber is connected to the first chamber via a valve or the like.

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  • BIOMERIEUX, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hyman, Jones M Wake Forest, US 33 842
Robinson, Ronnie J St. Charles, US 19 417
Ronsick, Christopher S Durham, US 26 409
Walsh, John Durham, US 125 1898
Wilson, Mark S Hillsborough, US 38 390

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