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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8177767 | Cartridge and medical delivery system accommodating such cartridge A cartridge having a distal end provided with a mechanical coding. The coding has the form of a circular protrusion where the circular outer diameter is dedicated a specific concentration of insulin contained in the cartridge. The distal end of the cartridge is fitt... | 05/15/2012 |
| 7935100 | Cell culture medium container assembly A light sensitive media packaging with unique shrink-wrap light protection label that works as a light barrier to protect media from light damage. ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7425207 | Vial for filling a syringe A vial for dispensing a liquid into a syringe is described which comprises a body section for holding the liquid, the body section having a top and a bottom; a port having a removable seal, where the port is adapted for a syringe connection and where the port is int... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7298257 | Transportation device and method of living tissues A living tissue transportation method includes the steps of: putting the living tissues in a carrying container for transportation (1) having a first memory storing an identifier and an IC tag (10) having a temperature sensor; putting the carrying cont... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7276383 | Method for obtaining the contents of a fluid-holding vessel A method for obtaining the contents of a fluid-holding vessel having a cap secured to an open end thereof. The method includes penetrating a surface of the cap with a fluid transfer device and forming one or more air passageways between the penetrated surface of the... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7167097 | Blood donation device A blood donation device with a receptacle for a blood donation container and a control section at which utensils required by the operator can be accommodated and/or by means of which parameters of the donation process can be varied, detected and/or retrieved. Bendin... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7164133 | Delivery device and method for its operation A system of marked medical containers comprises at least two containers having different properties in at least one respect, and at least one machine-readable marking on each of the containers, each marking being designed to allow discrimination between the differen... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7161488 | Method and apparatus for identifying injection syringes A method and device for identifying, testing or clearing a prefilled medicinal syringe in which the syringe is inserted into the test device which reads coding on the syringe and has a display as to whether the syringe is appropriate or not. ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7137654 | Fastening mechanism for medical connectors A medical connector adapted for placement between a catheter and a medical infusion or injection source includes a pair of interlocking half medical connector portions, one side of which attaches to the infusion source and the other side of which is coupled to the c... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7105093 | Processing set and methods for processing and treating a biological fluid Apparatus, systems and methods are disclosed for treating a biological fluid with light. A container of biological fluid is introduced into a fluid treatment chamber where it is contacted with light provided by one or more light sources in proximity to the fluid tre... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7032590 | Fluid filled ampoules and methods for their use in aerosolizers A fluid filled ampoule comprises an ampoule body having a top end, a bottom end and a sealed interior containing a liquid. A top tab is coupled to the top end and is removable to create a drain vent in the top end. A bottom tab is coupled to the bottom end and is re... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7025877 | Processing set for processing and treating a biological fluid Apparatus, systems and methods are disclosed for treating a biological fluid with light. A container of biological fluid is introduced into a fluid treatment chamber where it is contacted with light provided by one or more light sources in proximity to the fluid tre... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6998541 | Automatic surgical sponge counter and blood loss determination system A surgical sponge detection system includes a plurality of surgical sponges (2) having radio frequency identification tags (1) securely attached thereto and a non-optical hand-held reader (40) for detecting the sponges by detecting the tags (... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6994699 | Port, a container and a method for accessing a port A port, a container and a method for accessing a port for injecting or withdrawing a liquid from the container are provided. The port may allow for the administration of, for example, a drug, to a patient and may be located on the container. The port has a septum ha... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6875613 | Biological fluid constituent sampling and measurement devices and methods A device for accessing biological fluid, sampling biological fluid constituents and determining the concentration of at least one target constituent within the accessed biological fluid is provided. The device has at least one micro-piercing member used to penetrate... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6726671 | Cell storage maintenance and monitoring system A cell storage maintenance and monitoring system includes a blood product storage container, such as a flexible bag, and a microporous membrane which may be attached to an inner wall of the blood storage container to form a contained space between the inner wall and... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6630215 | Medical Device A medical material and a medical device comprising an aromatic vinyl compound/-olefin random copolymer according to the present invention, are materials which contain substantially no chlorine and which have not only excellent flexibility, transpar... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6575943 | Prewarning device for instillation of medical liquid A prewarning device for instillation of medical liquid includes a throttling cylinder having a tubular needle connected to an open top thereof. A pointed head portion of the tubular needle is inserted into a medical liquid bottle for the medical liquid to... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6375897 | Urine collection cup A urine collection cup device is provided including a clear plastic cup, a reagent strip disposed against an inner surface of the cup and adhered thereto by means of a plastic laminate or adhesive member. An aperture is provided in the adhesive member on ... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6315767 | Cell storage maintenance and monitoring system A cell storage maintenance and monitoring system includes a blood product storage container, such as a flexible bag, and a microporous membrane which may be attached to an inner wall of the blood storage container to form a contained space between the inn... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6299608 | Transfer assembly for providing a sterility seal in a medicinal storage bottle A bottle having a sterility seal and a method for producing same are disclosed. The bottle, which can be configured to retain a medicament in powder or tablet form, features a protective cap configured to engage a transfer assembly associated with the bot... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6238907 | Container for storing and examining placentas A container for examination and storage of a placenta includes a bottom wall, at least one substantially upright side wall joined to the bottom wall to define an interior and an open top. The side walls and/or the bottom wall have indicia thereon adapted ... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6197936 | Method for producing a plastic vessel containing an albumin preparation To provide a plastic vessel containing an albumin preparation which completely restrains formation of thermally denatured albumin, a plastic molded member in a cylindrical shape is extruded in a molten state into opened dies, one end of which is closed in... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6149579 | Semen storage container and its stopper A semen storage container containing the semen of a male pig is sealed with a stopper having a cone-shape vomiting portion whose point is closed at one end when the semen is used for artificial insemination, a predetermined portion of the cone-shape vomit... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6074606 | One-step test device An improved test device for the testing of a fluid having a cup and a cover lid, such cover lid having a reagent test strip chamber containing a reagent test strip, a fluid receipt chamber, a fluid channel containing a fluid-passing pad and a fluid contac... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5925028 | Blood or hemo-derivatives transfusion device Device for the transfusion of blood or hemo-derivatives including: a blood or hemo-derivatives container; a device for the transfusion of blood or hemoderivatives to the patient; and a device for connecting the container to the device for the transfusion;... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5782872 | Apparatus for treating blood For an apparatus for the extra-corporal treatment of blood wherein blood is supplied from a body to a vacuum bottle via a conduit, an insertion spike for piercing a closure plug of a vacuum bottle has a front end with a pointed tip and includes a first pa... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5627066 | Method and apparatus for in vitro fertilization This invention relates to a method and apparatus for concentrating motile erm from a sperm sample, including concentrating sperm in the vicinity of one or more oocytes for in vitro fertilization. The method comprises placing a volume of fertilization medi... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5591401 | One-step test device An improved test device for the testing of a fluid having a cup and a cover lid, such cover lid having a reagent test strip chamber containing a reagent test strip, a filling chamber, and a cutting chamber. An actuation cover with a window defined therein... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5556599 | Blood sample/fluid system A blood sample/fluid system includes a pair of tubes formed of identically shaped concentric cylinders, each closed at one end and open at the other end and having different diameters enabling the reduced diameter tube to be positioned in the enlarged dia... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5501837 | One-step test device A testing device having a lower cup for receipt of a fluid specimen and a cover lid containing a strip chamber having one or more reagent strips disposed therein and having a test chamber for each of the reagent strips, such test chamber receiving the end... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5439460 | Cross-spike prevention system An improved device and process of assuring separation of an anticoagulant type fluid from a saline type fluid each of which is utilized in the process and operation of a plasmapheresis apparatus or the process of collecting donor blood, is disclosed. The ... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5433716 | Safety closing device for biological liquid containers A safety closing device for containers of biological liquids and, particularly, for test tubes used for the drawing, transport and/or analysis of blood. The safety closing device includes an undercap and a cap, both with central portions made of a perfora... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5429804 | One-step testing device A testing device having a lower cup for receipt of a fluid specimen and a lid containing a chamber having one or more reagent strips protruding therefrom, such reagent strips having color change testing areas thereon. The lid is attachable to the cup with... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5328474 | Tamper resistant syringe cap A tamper-resistant closure for a medical injection device such as a syringe includes a cap having both a blind bore sized to receive and seat tightly against the syringe tip, to prevent material from entering or being withdrawn from the device. The cap ha... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5224489 | Urine testing module with cytology cup The present invention is directed toward an apparatus and a method which can use immunoassay in sample treatment apparatus for diagnostic and testing purposes of urine by concentrating specific urine antigen in a small volume area and concentrating the ur... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5133363 | Modular multiple fluid sample preparation assembly An apparatus for collecting and testing multiple biological markers comprising a tubular compartmentalized container holding covalently bound antigen beads and correlating anti-antibody beads contained in separated compartments. The biological fluid, name... | 07/28/1992 |
| 5119830 | Analytical specimen cup with testing means An analytical specimen cup (10) has outer and inner partitions (26, 34) in a lid (14) thereof, with the outer partition being flexible and transparent and the inner partition having a valve (46) comprised of a frangible portion (50) of the inner partition... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5055198 | Autologous blood recovery membrane system and method An apparatus for recycling autologous blood from a patient for reinfusion back to the patient comprising suction means, admixing means for admixing aspirated blood with a washing fluid, filtering means for filtering the admixture through an emboli filter ... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5024238 | Blood withdrawing apparatus and antigen testing method An apparatus for testing biological molecular indicators in blood comprising a tubular container, and a sample compartmentalized container holding labelled ligands and beads with immobilized ligands. Blood is collected in the tubular container under press... | 06/18/1991 |
