US 12,453,498 B2
Devices and methods for verifying a sample volume
Gregory J. Bullington, Seattle, WA (US); Shan E. Gaw, Seattle, WA (US); Jay M. Miazga, Langley, WA (US); and Shannon E. Eubanks, Woodinville, WA (US)
Assigned to Magnolia Medical Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by Magnolia Medical Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Feb. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/114,018.
Application 18/114,018 is a continuation of application No. 16/227,676, filed on Dec. 20, 2018, granted, now 11,612,340.
Application 16/227,676 is a continuation of application No. 15/146,967, filed on May 5, 2016, granted, now 10,194,853, issued on Feb. 5, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/157,145, filed on May 5, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2024/0050001 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 5/157 (2006.01); A61B 5/15 (2006.01); A61B 5/154 (2006.01); A61B 10/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/157 (2013.01) [A61B 5/15003 (2013.01); A61B 5/150755 (2013.01); A61B 5/150992 (2013.01); A61B 5/154 (2013.01); A61B 10/0045 (2013.01); A61B 5/150786 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a sleeve having an open proximal end portion and an open distal end portion, the sleeve having an inner surface defining an inner volume, the sleeve configured to be movably fitted around an exterior surface of a sample reservoir defining an inner volume configured to receive a volume of bodily fluid; and
an indicator coupled to or formed at least in part by the sleeve,
the sleeve when coupled to the sample reservoir configured to place the indicator in a predetermined position along a length of the sample reservoir, the predetermined position being associated with a predetermined fill volume of bodily fluid based at least in part on an additive contained in the inner volume of the sample reservoir.