Patent ID: 8079997
Filing Date: 2011-12-20
Classification: A61B,A61M,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A biological fluid sampling system comprising: a flexible plastic bag comprised of two flat sheets melt sealed together substantially along their peripheries and defining an interior chamber; a tube defining an internal flow path comprising a proximal end and terminating in an open distal end, said flow path extending substantially into and substantially across the entire distance of the interior chamber to allow for substantially complete drainage of said interior chamber, said internal flow path providing the only access into and from said chamber and said open distal end providing the only opening in said internal flow path spaced from said proximal end through which fluid enters and exits said flow path; and a sample access site external to said bag and communicating with said internal flow path, said access site having separate inlet and outlet ports, each of said ports communicating with said internal flow path.