| 摘要 |
A disposable erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) measurement instrument comprising a sedimentation measurement tube having a plunger portion, a blood collection tube having an upper portion, and an integrated locking mechanism provided between the blood collection tube and the sedimentation measurement tube. The locking mechanism permits the blood collection tube to be plunged into the blood collection tube upon rotating the sedimentation tube and the blood collection tube relative to each other, and thereafter pushing the sedimentation measurement tube into the blood collection tube. In a pre-evacuated embodiment of the present invention, the blood collection is pre-evacuated to withdraw a predetermined amount of blood during blood collection operations. In non-evacuated embodiment of the present invention, the plunger portion of the sedimentation measurement tube is inserted within the upper portion of the blood collection tube, at the time of assembly and manufacture, and is ready to be withdrawn by a predetermined about in order to manually evacuate the blood collection tube prior to use so that the blood collection tube is vacuum-pressurized to automatically draw a predetermined quantity of blood from a patient during blood collection operations.
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