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(19) United States (12) Reissued Patent
(10) Patent Number: US RE43,283 E (45) Date of Reissued Patent: *Mar. 27, 2012
Ishida et a]. (54)
BLOOD COLLECTING APPARATUS AND
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BLOOD COLLECTING METHOD USING BLOOD COLLECTING APPARATUS
References Cited U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 4,846,795 A 7/1989 Minagawa
(75) Inventors: Noboru Ishida, Fujinomiya (JP); Yoshihiro Yokoo, Fujinomiya (JP); Hitoshi Kuroki, Fujinomiya (JP)
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(73) Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Notice:
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6/1991
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Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo (JP) (*)
455215
This patent is subject to a terminal dis claimer.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS H. Olthuis et al., “A Simple Method To Remove Contaminating
Bacteria During Venepuncture,”Vox Sanguinis International Journal
of Transfusion Medicine, 24th Congress of the International Society
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(22) Filed:
Karger Medical and Scienti?c Publishers.
Feb. 13, 2009 Related U.S. Patent Documents
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Reissue of:
(64) Patent No.: Issued:
6,592,613
Primary Examiner * ShaWntina Fuqua
Jul. 15, 2003
Assistant Examiner * Vinod D Patel
Appl. No.:
09/613,273
(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm * Buchanan Ingersoll &
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2000
Rooney PC
U.S. Applications: (63) Continuation-in-part of application No. 09/231,782, ?led on Jan. 15, 1999, noW Pat. No. 6,328,726.
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Foreign Application Priority Data
Jan. 16, 1998 Jul. 9, 1999
(JP)
10-020394
(JP) ................................... .. 11-195835
branch portion provided on a portion of the ?rst tube, a second tube connected With the branch portion at one end thereof and
having a blood take-out port (sampling port); and a ?exible resin bag including a third tube communicating With the second tube. The ?exible resin bag is capable of accommo
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Int. Cl. A61B 19/00
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U.S. Cl. ...... .. 604/408; 604/401; 604/501; 604/502;
(2006.01)
Field of Classi?cation Search ................ .. 604l4i6,
dating air inside a part of the ?rst tube between the branch portion and the blood collecting needle and air inside the second tube When the blood collecting apparatus is used.
604/244, 408, 410, 262, 401, 501, 502, 503 See application ?le for complete search history.
30 Claims, 18 Drawing Sheets
604/503 (58)
(57) ABSTRACT A blood collecting apparatus comprises a blood collecting needle 152; the blood collecting bag, a ?rst tube Whose one end communicates With the blood collecting bag and other end communicates With the blood collecting needle, the
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