Rotatable disk-shaped fluid sample collection device

US9743873B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ORTHO-CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS, INC. · US

Inventors

• Kory A. Gunnerson · Cincinnati, US
• Raymond F. Jakubowicz · Rush, US
• Andrew M. Kirsch · Webster, US
• James E. Robinson · Rochester, US
• Daniel P. Salotto · Rochester, US
• David A. Tomasso · Rochester, US
• Zhong Ding · Pittsford, US
• William Franklin Gottermeier · Pittsford, US
• Aaron Michael Swick · Cincinnati, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 13, 2014
• Grant date: Aug 29, 2017
• Expiry date: Jul 6, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01L2400/0644
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A sample collection device for a fluid includes: a substantially disk-shaped body having a periphery; a capillary channel extending through the body and bounded by the periphery, having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is adapted to draw the fluid into the channel by capillary action; a sample collection well located in the vicinity of the second end and in fluid communication with the capillary channel; and an axis of rotation extending through the center of the disk and which is substantially perpendicular to the major surface of the disk-shaped body. In a preferred embodiment, the sample collection device is adapted to rotate about the axis of rotation within a cartridge having a housing comprising an air vent in fluid communication with the capillary channel when the disk is rotated in a first position.