| US 7,479,131 B2 | ||
| Biological fluid sampling apparatus, assembly and method | ||
| Jean-Marie Mathias, Lillois (Belgium); Georges Rondeau, Braffe (Belgium); and Michel Joie, Erange (Belgium) | ||
| Assigned to Fenwal, Inc., Lake Zurich, Ill. (US) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 24, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/279,252. | ||
| Application 10/279252 is a continuation in part of application No. 09/492060, filed on Jan. 27, 2000, granted, now 6,520,948. | ||
| Application 09/492060 is a continuation in part of application No. 09/364628, filed on Jul. 29, 1999, granted, now 6,387,086. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/364314, filed on Mar. 14, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0082899 A1, Apr. 29, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. A61B 19/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 604—409 [604/408; 604/403] | 46 Claims |
| 1. Sampling apparatus comprising
a sample container including at least one wall defining a fluid-receiving interior chamber in which the container is adapted
to be held in a selected position for withdrawing a fluid sample, in which position the container has a generally vertical
axis, the apparatus further comprising a fluid inlet for receiving fluid into the chamber and flexible tubing communicating
with the fluid inlet, the tubing being disposed at an acute angle to the vertical axis and
a sample device receiver carried by the container wall and in fluid communication with the chamber, the receiver being adapted
to receive a sampling device for withdrawing a fluid sample from the chamber.
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