US 11,771,352 B2
Device for the attached flow of blood
Kishore K. Bokka Srinivasa Rao, Ridgewood, NJ (US); Jayeon Kim, River Edge, NJ (US); and Milan Ivosevic, Kinnelon, NJ (US)
Assigned to Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Appl. No. 16/327,137
Filed by Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 23, 2017, PCT No. PCT/US2017/048147
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 21, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/039307, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 1, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/378,971, filed on Aug. 24, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2019/0223772 A1, Jul. 25, 2019
Int. Cl. A61B 5/15 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/150389 (2013.01) [A61B 5/150022 (2013.01); A61B 5/15045 (2013.01); A61B 5/150068 (2013.01); A61B 5/150106 (2013.01); A61B 5/150251 (2013.01); A61B 5/150259 (2013.01); A61B 5/150343 (2013.01); A61B 5/150404 (2013.01); A61B 5/150755 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for attached flow of blood, the device comprising:
a housing defining a centerline and having a first end, a second end, and a flow channel having an inlet and an outlet, a portion of the flow channel offset from the centerline of the housing, and the flow channel having a first flow directing attachment portion adjacent to the inlet and a second flow directing attachment portion adjacent to the outlet, the first flow directing attachment portion provides a first fluid attachment point for controlling the flow of blood that attaches thereto from a skin surface to a portion of the housing; and
a container removably connectable to the housing, the container having an interior wall defining a collection cavity,
wherein, with the container connected to the housing, the outlet of the flow channel is in fluid communication with the collection cavity of the container and the outlet of the flow channel is adjacent to the interior wall of the container, the outlet of the flow channel and the second flow directing attachment portion are configured to provide a second fluid attachment point for attached flow of blood directly from the flow channel to the interior wall of the container,
wherein the first end of the housing includes a sloped wall surface, and
wherein the first flow directing attachment portion is an attachment pillar and extends entirely from the sloped wall surface along the centerline.