Patent ID: 6059794
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
An umbilical cord blood extractor for extracting blood from a section of umbilical cord, said blood extractor comprising:a) a lower member having a longitudinal trough which receives the cut section of umbilical cord and having a reservoir provided at an end of said trough; andb) an upper member having a protrusion sized and shaped to be at least partially received in said trough,one of said upper member and said lower member including a pivot at which the other of said upper member and said lower member can rotate relative to said one of said upper member and said lower member,wherein when said upper member is closed on said lower member, the cut section of the umbilical cord is squeezed between said protrusion and said trough such that blood is extracted out of the umbilical cord.