Tube for separating portions of a sample

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8544348
APP PUB NO 20130089475A1
SERIAL NO

13687537

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A method and tube for separating a sample. The tube is configured to separate agglomerated or clumped material or other sample components having over a particular size from other smaller size portions of the sample. For example, blood clots may be separated from serum of a blood sample. The tube includes a chamber with a closed bottom and a sidewall extending upwardly from the bottom, and a sample inlet branch coupled to the chamber. A slit is positioned between the chamber and the sample inlet branch so that after a sample is placed into the sample inlet branch, a portion of the sample having a size smaller than the slit (e.g., liquid material) passes through the slit and into the chamber, and material in the sample having a size larger than the slit remains in the sample inlet branch.

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PROTEDYNE CORPORATION1000 DAY HILL ROAD WINDSOR CT 06095

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Massaro, Peter Burlington, US 61 768

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