Collection container assembly

Details Collection container assembly Collection container assembly

1997-09-12

1999-07-20

Pollard, Steven

Receptacles

Container attachment or adjunct

Container holder

422102, G01N 3500

Patent

active

059245948

ABSTRACT:
The present invention is a specimen collection container assembly comprising an inner tube within an outer tube wherein the external dimensions of the inner tube are less than the external dimensions of the outer tube and the internal volume of the inner tube is less than the internal volume of the outer tube. The assembly of the present invention provides a means for adapting a full-draw or standard-sized blood collection tube to handle a reduced internal volume for handling by equipment configured to handle standard-sized blood collection tubes having standard external dimensions.

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