Receptacle Or Vessel (14) Patents (Class D24/121)
  • Patent number: 7588562
    Abstract: A fluid collection apparatus is provided that includes a housing configured for receipt of fluid and/or tissue for collecting fluid therefrom. A holder is configured with the housing to receive an evacuated tube. The holder can include a needle hub supporting a needle cannula in fluid communication with a port extending into a fluid well of the housing. A sloped bottom surface of the housing directs fluid to the fluid well. A sidewall extension or support component extends downward beyond the sloped bottom surface to allow the housing to be stood upright on a flat surface. In certain embodiments, the apparatus includes a tubular cavity to provide a recessed location of the needle cannula for preventing accidental needle injuries. An optional cap provides further shielding from needle cannula and safely maintains fluid in housing after use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Group LP
    Inventors: Mary Jo. A. Toomey, Bradley M. Stewart, Lee C. Burnes, Eugene E. Weilbacher
  • Patent number: D500852
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: Meagan Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: John F. Harris, Paul C. Leonard
  • Patent number: D505494
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Medical Instill Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Py, Norbert M. Assion, Julian V. Chan
  • Patent number: D506253
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Thermage, Inc.
    Inventor: Marlo Cinco
  • Patent number: D509352
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Meridan Medical Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Sophie R Raven, Matthew E Young, Paul Greenhalgh, Steve P Kirkwood, Colin J. Mathews, Joseph W Daintrey, John G Wilmot
  • Patent number: D510629
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2005
    Assignee: Heathrow Scientific LLC
    Inventors: Donna A. Piacenza, Jimmy-Quang Viet Doan, Michael F. De Rossi, Stephen J. Gaynes
  • Patent number: D521640
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: BTG International Limited
    Inventor: Laurence Massey
  • Patent number: D522652
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: BTG International Limited
    Inventor: Laurence Massey
  • Patent number: D522663
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Medical Instill Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Py, Norbert M. Assion, Julian V. Chan
  • Patent number: D523141
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: BTG International Limited
    Inventor: Laurence Massey
  • Patent number: D530815
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Optinose AS
    Inventors: Martin Joseph Murphy, Stuart Brian William Kay, Andrew Gordon Pocock
  • Patent number: D533670
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Medical Instill Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Py, Norbert M. Assion, Julian V. Chan
  • Patent number: D538925
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: DeRoyal Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Steven Ward, Eric Alexander Ward
  • Patent number: D539417
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: Sound Surgical Technologies LLC
    Inventor: William W. Cimino
  • Patent number: D544096
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: Dade Behring Inc.
    Inventors: Jay Mark Walters, Jeannine Marie Carrio, Richard Grear Warwick, Thomas P. Shields
  • Patent number: D544959
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: Daikyo Seiko, Ltd.
    Inventor: Morihiro Sudo
  • Patent number: D547443
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Daikyo Seiko, Ltd.
    Inventor: Morihiro Sudo
  • Patent number: D548329
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Sound Surgical Technologies LLC
    Inventor: William W. Cimino
  • Patent number: D479326
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: BTG International Limited
    Inventors: Neil Pollock, Gary Stewart Sinclair
  • Patent number: D559396
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: GW Pharma Limited
    Inventor: Rajiv B. Dave
  • Patent number: D562448
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Inventor: Susan C. Donohue
  • Patent number: D481794
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Lotus Brands Incorporated
    Inventor: Santosh Krinsky
  • Patent number: D482780
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Inventors: Andrean Robbins, Willie E. Robbins, Jr.
  • Patent number: D482793
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Sysmex Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Oyama, Kazuyuki Sakurai, Yoichi Nakamura, Noriyoshi Yoshida, Kazutoshi Tokunaga, Kouji Kasuya
  • Patent number: D482794
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventor: Kenneth W. Whitley
  • Patent number: D482795
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventor: Kenneth W. Whitley
  • Patent number: D485365
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignees: Medical Instill Technologies, Inc., GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals s.a.
    Inventors: Daniel Py, Norbert M. Assion, Julian V. Chan, Jacques Thilly, Christian Vandecasserie
  • Patent number: D485885
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: Stealth Industries Ltd.
    Inventors: Jonathan J. Bonelli, Matt Cowdell, Mitchell Saccoccio
  • Patent number: D488225
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Inventor: Kevin K. Roberson
  • Patent number: D574488
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Inventor: Marc Chauvin
  • Patent number: D488863
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Creganna Limited
    Inventor: Ian Quinn
  • Patent number: D488864
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Mallinckrodt Inc.
    Inventors: Frank M. Fago, Matt Bantly
  • Patent number: D494279
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Applied Biotech, Inc.
    Inventors: Lorraine C. Cogan, Jeremy Wilkens
  • Patent number: D583933
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Inventors: Jeff Finney, Kathy Finney
  • Patent number: D588692
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Innovation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul J. Rucinski
  • Patent number: D589141
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Inventors: Tasi L. McClellan, Michael R. McClellan
  • Patent number: D591417
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventor: Giuseppe Nichetti
  • Patent number: D597203
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Tyco Healthcare Group LP
    Inventor: Mark Tauer
  • Patent number: D599012
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Ecolab Inc.
    Inventors: David Falbaum, Brian Philip Carlson, Michael Patrick Kremer
  • Patent number: D605282
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventor: Giuseppe Nichetti
  • Patent number: D605754
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Vernacare Limited
    Inventors: Wayne Nelson, Garry Partington
  • Patent number: D610254
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Inventor: Blane Huff
  • Patent number: D610700
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Jawkaumi Pty. Ltd.
    Inventor: Edward Joseph Khoury
  • Patent number: D612489
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Vernacare Limited
    Inventors: Garry Partington, Wayne Nelson
  • Patent number: D617894
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Inventor: James H. Wright
  • Patent number: D618342
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Bradley Fixtures Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy E. Perrin, Gerard Val Madritsch, Theodore E. Dhein, Jeffrey S. Jaworski
  • Patent number: D620590
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Inventor: John Wan
  • Patent number: D621927
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Spectrum Health Innovations, LLC
    Inventors: Angel I. Dominguez, Wayne A. Blessing
  • Patent number: D632782
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Inventor: Margarita Aguilo-Pinedo
  • Patent number: D641866
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Medline Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: James E. Burgess, John Kutsch