Patent ID: 6846293
Filing Date: 2005-01-25
Classification: B01L

Abstract:
1. A spinal fluid collection system for use by a medical professional for collecting, from a spinal tap into a plurality of CSF tubes, multiple samples of cerebrospinal fluid from a patient, comprising, in combination, a) a plurality of CSF tubes structured and arranged to receive, seal, and transport cerebrospinal fluid; b) at least one spinal tap assembly structured and arranged to tap into the patient to obtain a flow of cerebrospinal fluid; and c) a holder structured and arranged to stably hold said CSF tubes when said holder is in an upright position; d) wherein said holder comprises a handle structured and arranged to assist single-hand manipulation of said holder by the medical professional during the collecting of the cerebrospinal fluid directly from said spinal tap into said CSF tubes, when held by said holder, in a continuing manner without the need to grasp any said CSF tube during the collecting; and e) wherein when said holder is structured and arranged to stably hold when said holder is in an upright position, an element selected from the group consisting of: f) wherein said holder is structured and arranged to stably hold four of the CSF tubes when said holder is in an upright position; g) wherein said holder is structured and arranged to stably hold, when said holder is in an upright position, at a first portion of said holder an element selected from such group; h) wherein said holder is structured and arranged to stably hold, when said holder is in an upright position, at a second portion of said holder an element selected from such group.