| CPC A61B 5/155 (2013.01) [A61B 5/150213 (2013.01); A61B 5/150267 (2013.01); A61B 5/150946 (2013.01); A61B 5/153 (2013.01)] | 14 Claims |
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1. A fluid collection system, including:
at least two fluid collection devices, comprising a first fluid collection device and a second fluid collection device,
wherein the first fluid collection device and the second fluid collection device each includes:
a body having an axial bore with a fluid inlet at one end of the axial bore and an opening at the other end of the axial bore, the fluid inlet configured to connect directly or indirectly to a needle adapted to penetrate a subject to sample fluid; and
one or more integrally formed fittings projecting from the body, the fittings each having an outlet in fluid communication with the inlet;
each fitting configured to directly releasably couple to a collection tube such that fluid collected by the needle flows through the inlet, through the body and into the fitting to fill the coupled collection tube(s) with fluid; and
wherein the first fluid collection device further includes an end plug removably connected within the opening, wherein the end plug is removable from the opening so as to allow the second fluid collection device to be releasably connected, wherein the fluid collected by the needle may also flow through the body of the first fluid collection device into the connected second fluid collection device; and
wherein the first fluid collection device and the second fluid collection device are releasably coupled together by removing the end plug from at least the first fluid collection device and connecting the fluid inlet of the second fluid collection device to the opening created by the removal of the end plug from the first fluid collection device.
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