Patent ID: 7648680
Filing Date: 2010-01-19
Classification: B01L,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for accessing the fluid contents of a vessel, the method comprising the following ordered steps: (a) providing a specimen retrieval device to the vessel; (b) closing an open end of the vessel with a cap, the cap having a tapered inner wall that is configured to position the specimen retrieval device along a side wall of the vessel, whereby an upper end of the specimen retrieval device is positioned adjacent the tapered inner wall of the cap and laterally spaced from the axis of the vessel; (c) piercing the tapered inner wall of the cap with a fluid transfer device; (d) moving the fluid transfer device into the vessel along a fluid transfer device pathway that is laterally spaced from the upper end of the specimen retrieval device; (e) drawing at least a portion of the fluid contents into the fluid transfer device; and (f) removing the fluid transfer device from the vessel.