Patent ID: 6902534
Filing Date: 2005-06-07
Classification: A61B,B01L

Abstract:
1. A kit for obtaining a sample of fluid from a patient and enabling point-of-care testing of said sample of fluid, said kit comprising: a syringe assembly for selectively drawing and expelling a sample of fluid, the syringe assembly including a distal end, a tip projecting at said distal end and having a passage communicating with a fluid receiving chamber of said syringe, said tip having selected outside cross-sectional dimensions; a point-of-care testing cartridge having an internal reservoir and an inlet port, the inlet port having cross-sectional dimensions configured for receiving the tip of the syringe; and a fitting having a proximal end configured for removable communication with the tip of said syringe, a distal end tapered to outside cross-sectional dimensions sufficiently smaller than the outside cross-sectional dimensions of the tip of the syringe for permitting removable communication in said entry port of said testing cartridge and venting of air from said entry port for delivering said sample of said fluid from said syringe to said reservoir of said testing cartridge.