Hazardous contaminant collection kit and rapid testing

US11782042B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Becton, Dickinson and Company · US

Inventors

• Weston F. Harding · Lehi, US
• Erik Kurt Witt · Oakland, US
• Austin Jason McKinnon · Herriman, US
• Ray Isaacson · Layton, US
• Bart D. Peterson · Farmington, US
• Marcel Arantes Souza · Kalamazoo, US
• Matthew Oshinski · Oak Ridge, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 10, 2021
• Grant date: Oct 10, 2023
• Expiry date: Dec 10, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N2035/00881
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Contamination detection systems, kits, and techniques are described for testing surfaces for the presence of hazardous contaminants, while minimizing user exposure to these contaminants. Even trace amounts of contaminants can be detected. A collection kit provides a swab that is simple to use, easy to hold and grip, allows the user to swab large areas of a surface, and keeps the user's hands away from the surface being tested. The kit also provides open and closed fluid transfer mechanism to transfer the collected fluid to a detection device while minimizing user exposure to hazardous contaminants in the collected fluid. Contamination detection kits can rapidly collect and detect hazardous drugs, including trace amounts of antineoplastic agents, in healthcare settings at the site of contamination.