types of vacutainers

A vacutainer is a form of test tube that was first developed in 1947 by Joseph Kleiner. At first known as the Evacutainer, it made use of a special vacuum system, a needle and a test tube to take samples of blood from people. Kleiner introduced his state of the art development to Becton, Dickson and co., and it was subsequently patented in 1949. It was eventually re-branded the ...