ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,814, issued on March 17, was assigned to C. R. Bard Inc. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).
"Fluid sample collection system" was invented by Jonathan Robichaud (Decatur, Ga.), Reagan H. Belflower (Atlanta) and Cecille A. Canary (Atlanta).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a fluid sample collection system including a diversion valve, a spring and a collection canister. The diversion valve includes a diversion valve housing, the diversion valve is configured to receive a volume of fluid from a first fluid line and direct the volume of fluid to either a collection canister below the diversion valve using a collection channel or to ...