Abstract: A liquid sampling catheter contains a lumen filled by a sampling cannula with a hollow lumen and either a closed or open distal tip. Attached to the proximal end of the device is a modular blood storage component. The sampling stick slides through the patient's skin or through a seal and in-dwelling lumen on a corresponding sampling hub to sample blood from a patient. This embodiment establishes a simple, standardized, and quick procedure for sampling small amounts of bodily liquids such as blood for a variety of analyte tests.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 1, 2013
Date of Patent:
August 9, 2016
Assignee:
ProVazo LLC
Inventors:
Andrew E. Andreae, Timothy J. Higgins, Jessica L. Ungerleider, Peter Jacob Neems
Abstract: A liquid sampling catheter contains a lumen filled by a sampling cannula with a hollow lumen and either a closed or open distal tip. Attached to the proximal end of the device is a modular blood storage component. The sampling stick slides through the patient's skin or through a seal and in-dwelling lumen on a corresponding sampling hub to sample blood from a patient. This embodiment establishes a simple, standardized, and quick procedure for sampling small amounts of bodily liquids such as blood for a variety of analyte tests.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 1, 2013
Publication date:
May 8, 2014
Applicant:
PROVAZO LLC
Inventors:
Andrew E. Andreae, Timothy J. Higgins, Jessica L. Ungerleider, Peter Jacob Neems
Abstract: A sampling hub directs a medical device towards a target area. The hub may have some of: a hub body; a lumen passing between openings at the front end and the rear end, the lumen allowing for passage of an elongate element through the entire lumen; the bottom of the hub body may be flat; the top of hub body preferably is sloped downwardly; the lumen is preferably sloped downwardly to enable guidance of the elongate body towards the target area; and an area surrounding the opening of the lumen at the rear end configured to receive a support for the elongate element, the support for the elongate element having a diameter in the support larger than a diameter of the elongate element.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 1, 2013
Publication date:
May 8, 2014
Applicant:
ProVazo LLC
Inventors:
Andrew E. Andreae, Timothy J. Higgins, Jessica L. Ungerleider, Peter Jacob Neems