US4973450A
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Device for urinalysis
Assignee: Hoyer GmbH and Co
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Filing: 1988-05-26
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Granted: 1990-11-27
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Expires: 2008-05-26
Abstract
Abstract A device for urinalysis, in particular for microscopic quantitative analysis of urinary sediment, consists of a cylindrical specimen container with an opening at the top and a pipette tip at the bottom end, a tubular plunger inserted into this specimen container and moveable therein in a leakproof manner, both parts consisting of transparent material, a stopper for the specimen container at the top end and a sealing cap for the pipette tip, a single-stage or multi-stage filter arrangement being located in the plunger close to the bottom end.
Inventors
- 👤 Gert Schluter
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 19:55
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01N; G01N1/00; G01N1/28; G01N1/40; G01N1/4077; B; B01; B01L; B01L3/00; B01L3/50; B01L3/502; B01L2300/00; B01L2300/04; B01L2300/041; B01L2300/042; B01L2300/06; B01L2300/0681; B01L2300/08; B01L2300/0848; B01L2300/0851; B01L2400/00; B01L2400/04; B01L2400/0475; B01L2400/0478; B01L2400/06; B01L2400/0688; B01L3/5021; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T436/00; Y10T436/25; Y10T436/25375; Y10T436/255; Y10T436/2575
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
211 words
A device for urinalysis comprising: (a) a cylindrical specimen container of a transparent material, of which a top end during use is open and is sealable in a leakproof manner by a stopper, and of which a bottom end is tapered in a funnel shape and i s connected to a pipette tip; (b) a stopper with an elastically deformable end wall for sealing said top end of the specimen container; (c) a sealing cap for attachment to the pipette tip to sea said tip in a leakproof manner; (d) a tubular, cylindrical plunger of a transparent material for slideable insertion in liquid-tight and gas-tight relationship into the specimen container, and of which a top, open end is sealable in a leakproof manner by said stopper, and of which a bottom end is sealable by a two part upper filter arrangement separated from a third filter by a lower backflush chamber; (e) a 10 ml measuring mark on a circumference of the specimen container; and (f) a cylinder of a transparent material arranged inside the plunger and connected in a leakproof manner to said upper filter arrangement to form an upper backflush chamber; and wherein said cylinder is sealed at its top by an end wall having a fine center bore.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
211 words
A device for urinalysis comprising: (a) a cylindrical specimen container of a transparent material, of which a top end during use is open and is sealable in a leakproof manner by a stopper, and of which a bottom end is tapered in a funnel shape and i s connected to a pipette tip; (b) a stopper with an elastically deformable end wall for sealing said top end of the specimen container; (c) a sealing cap for attachment to the pipette tip to sea said tip in a leakproof manner; (d) a tubular, cylindrical plunger of a transparent material for slideable insertion in liquid-tight and gas-tight relationship into the specimen container, and of which a top, open end is sealable in a leakproof manner by said stopper, and of which a bottom end is sealable by a two part upper filter arrangement separated from a third filter by a lower backflush chamber; (e) a 10 ml measuring mark on a circumference of the specimen container; and (f) a cylinder of a transparent material arranged inside the plunger and connected in a leakproof manner to said upper filter arrangement to form an upper backflush chamber; and wherein said cylinder is sealed at its top by an end wall having a fine center bore.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
48 words
The device according to claim 1, wherein a disc projects radially outwards from the pipette tip of the specimen container and said sealing cap is provided with a rolled -on closure which, when pushed onto the pipette tip turns inwards to clamp the sealing cap on the disc.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
The device according to claim 1, wherein said upper filter arrangement has two filters connected in series and said two filters are of different pore sizes.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
The device according to claim 3, wherein said third filter is of larger pore sizes than said upper filters.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
The device according to claim 4 wherein there is a cylindrical tube support which forms said lower back-flush chamber.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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