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Sample collection tool

US9072499B2 · kind B2 · utility

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33Claims

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Assignee

DNA GENOTEK INC. · CA

Inventors

H. Chaim Birnboim · Ottawa, CA
Roy Sunstrum · Schreiber, CA
Adele Jackson · Almonte, CA
Rafal Michal Iwasiow · Ottawa, CA
Romeo Graham · Gatineau, CA
Rod Muir · South Mountain, CA
Mike Sirois · Ottawa, CA
Michael Beach · Alexandria, US
Ellen Joan MacLean · Richmond, CA
Rama Nadia Panford-Walsh · Ottawa, CA

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 25, 2011
Grant date	Jul 7, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 26, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N2001/028
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A sample collection tool comprises a collection end configured for collecting a sample. Optionally, the sample is collected from within a body cavity of an animal without causing significant discomfort or injury to the animal. A first handle portion has a first end connected to the collection end and a second end. A second handle portion is connected to the second end of the first handle portion by a breakable connection. The second end of the first handle portion has at least one winglet. The at least one winglet is compliant in a preferential direction. The breakable connection is ruptured at least in part when the at least one winglet is forced in the preferential direction.

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