Patent ID: 11963769
Assignee: KURIN, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 5:
6. A bodily fluid control device connected along a fluid sampling pathway that includes a patient needle or catheter and a sample collection device, the bodily fluid control device comprising:
an inlet connected with the patient needle or catheter;
an outlet connected with the sample collection device;
a diversion chamber having a vent that includes an air permeable blood barrier;
a sampling channel having a distal end connected with the outlet; and
each of the diversion chamber and the sampling channel being connected with the inlet via a junction that is sized and configured such that a first portion of the bodily fluid flows into the diversion chamber to displace air therein through the air permeable blood barrier, and such that a second portion of the bodily fluid bypasses the diversion chamber and the first portion of the bodily fluid therein to be directed into the sampling channel toward the outlet and the sample collection device.