Patent ID: 8197420
Filing Date: 2012-06-12
Classification: A61B,B01L

Abstract:
1. A system for parenterally procuring bodily-fluid samples from a patient with minimal contamination, the system comprising: a bodily-fluid withdrawing device, the bodily-fluid withdrawing device comprising a vacuum-sealed pre-sample reservoir fluidically coupleable to the first sterile needle, the vacuum-sealed pre-sample reservoirs configured and arranged for collecting and storing patient bodily fluid withdrawn from the bodily-fluid withdrawing device; a single diversion mechanism coupled to the first sterile needle, the second sterile needle and the pre-sample reservoir, the diversion mechanism configured to selectively establish fluid communication between the first sterile needle and the pre-sample reservoir and fluidically isolate the second sterile needle in a first configuration, and selectively establish fluid communication between the first sterile needle and the second sterile needle and fluidically isolate the pre-sample reservoir in a second configuration; and at least one vacuum-sealed sample vessel, each of the at least one vacuum-sealed sample vessels configured and arranged for collecting and storing patient bodily fluid withdrawn from the bodily-fluid withdrawing device, each of the at least one sample vessels containing a culture medium; wherein the second sterile needle is configured and arranged for insertion into the at least one vacuum-sealed sample vessel.