Device for sampling a specimen container

US9574219B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BIOMERIEUX, INC. · FR

Inventors

• Christopher S. Ronsick · Durham, US
• Mark S. Wilson · Hillsborough, US
• Ronnie J. Robinson · Holden, US
• John Walsh · Durham, US
• Jones M. Hyman · Wake Forest, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 14, 2010
• Grant date: Feb 21, 2017
• Expiry date: Sep 24, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S901/30
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A sampling device for a specimen container having a closure sealing the interior of the specimen container from the environment includes a needle, a body coupled to the needle and defining a chamber in fluid communication with the needle, the body further comprising a port forming an opening in the body, the port in fluid communication with the chamber. A multitude of the sampling devices may be stored in a cassette. The sampling devices may include a second chamber for separation and concentration of a microbial agent present in a sample. In this configuration second chamber is connected to the first chamber via a valve or the like.