Apparatus and method for collecting blood from an umbilical cord
Patent Number: 6190368
Date of First Priority Issue: Tuesday May 14th, 1996
Date Issued: Tuesday February 20th, 2001
Assignee: Children's Hospital Medical Center of Northern California (Oakland, CA)
Inventors: Kuypers, Franciscus A. (El Cerrito, CA); Cole, Robert B. (Alamo, CA); Meyst, Richard P. (Valley Center, CA); Gorton, Lanny A. (San Diego, CA); Wright, James I. (Villa Park, CA)
This patent covers a medical device that is useful for extraction of cord blood so as to avoid the need for letting the cord blood drop by gravity into the collection receptacle.
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