Global Patent Index - EP 0717662 A1

EP 0717662 A1 19960626 - PERFORABLE CAP FOR A BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN CONTAINER

Title (en)

PERFORABLE CAP FOR A BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN CONTAINER

Title (de)

DURCHSTOSSBARE KAPPE FÜR EINEN BIOLOGISCHEN PROBENBEHÄLTER

Title (fr)

BOUCHON POUVANT ETRE PERCE POUR RECIPIENT A ECHANTILLON BIOLOGIQUE

Publication

EP 0717662 A1 19960626 (EN)

Application

EP 95924125 A 19950614

Priority

  • CA 9500344 W 19950614
  • CA 2125811 A 19940614

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO9534381A2] The present invention provides for a cap (10) for sealing a biological sample tube for use in an automated analyzer. The cap comprises a skirt portion (22) forming the side wall of the cap and having thread members (24) on the interior surface of the side wall, the skirt portion having an open top with an inwardly extending rim (26). The cap also includes a top portion (30) of a flexible self-sealing elastomeric material sealed to the skirt portion through engagement with the inwardly extending rim. The top portion may also include an upwardly extending sealing surface (49) defining a cavity which may be sealed against the external environment when the sealing surface contacts a planar surface. The present invention also provides for a sample tube (12) which has generally cylindrical side wall (14) with an open top (16) and bottom and thread members (18) provided on the exterior of the side wall near the top. The tube further has a cone-shaped sample holding divider (20) located in the interior of the tube intermediate the top and bottom.

IPC 1-7

B01L 3/14; B65D 51/00

IPC 8 full level

B01L 3/14 (2006.01); B65D 51/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B01L 3/50825 (2013.01); B65D 51/002 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE FR GB IT NL

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 9534381 A2 19951221; WO 9534381 A3 19960404; CA 2125811 A1 19951215; EP 0717662 A1 19960626

DOCDB simple family (application)

CA 9500344 W 19950614; CA 2125811 A 19940614; EP 95924125 A 19950614