A blood sampling device for allowing a fluid pressure measurement and a
fluid sample to be taken from a patient, having an inlet port configured
to receive blood from the patient, an outlet port configured to be
coupled to a monitoring channel having an infusion fluid, a sampling port
configured for extraction of blood from the patient, a sampling channel
configured to self-flush, after extraction, the blood with the infusion
fluid, and an auxiliary channel for self-flushing the sampling channel.