Patents Assigned to Spendlove Laboratories
  • Aseptic serum collection method
    Patent number: 4004322
    Abstract: A method for aseptically collecting blood from an animal carcass, preferably, a fetus. The method includes pooling blood from the placenta and umbilical cord into the cardiovascular system of the fetus and thereafter draining the blood from the fetus. The heart is exposed and the fetus is suspended with the exposed heart at a low point of the fetus torso. The heart is aseptically cannulated and the blood drained into an aseptic collection bag. Manipulation of the suspended fetus carcass stimulates the flow of blood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1975
    Date of Patent: January 25, 1977
    Assignee: Spendlove Laboratories
    Inventor: Rex S. Spendlove