COLLECTION BOTTLE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING CHARACTERISTIC OF SAMPLE

• US 20180104681A1
• Filed: 05/04/2017
• Published: 04/19/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bonraybio Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Bonraybio Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Hui-Ying, Hsu, Cheng-Teng, Chi, Yu-Chiao, Huang, Kuang-Li
• Granted Patent: US 10,940,479 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 10/0058 for taking sperm samples artificial insemination A61B17/43; for animals A61D19/021; genital receptacles for the male member A61F5/453; massage of the genitals A61H19/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 10/0096 Casings for storing test samples A61B10/0038 and A61B10/0045 take precedence; preservation of living parts of the human or animal body A01N1/02; containers for retaining a material to be analysed B01L3/50; containers for enzymology or microbiology C12M1/16; swab-sampler being part of enzymology or microbiology container C12M1/30
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2010/0003 including means for analysis by an unskilled person
• CPC Class Codes: B01L 2200/14 Process control and prevention of errors
• CPC Class Codes: B01L 2200/142 Preventing evaporation
• CPC Class Codes: B01L 2300/028 Graduation
• CPC Class Codes: B01L 2300/041 Connecting closures to device or container
• CPC Class Codes: B01L 2300/042 Caps; Plugs
• CPC Class Codes: B01L 2300/046 Function or devices integrated in the closure
• CPC Class Codes: B01L 2300/047 Additional chamber, reservoir
• CPC Class Codes: B01L 2300/0663 Whole sensors
• CPC Class Codes: B01L 2300/0825 Test strips
• CPC Class Codes: B01L 2300/0832 cylindrical, tube shaped
• CPC Class Codes: B01L 2300/0851 Bottom walls
• CPC Class Codes: B01L 2300/123 Flexible; Elastomeric
• CPC Class Codes: B01L 3/50 Containers for the purpose of retaining a material to be analysed, e.g. test tubes devices for taking samples of blood A61B5/15
• CPC Class Codes: B01L 3/508 rigid containers not provided for above
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 19/52 Weighing apparatus combined with other objects, e.g. furniture with walking sticks A45B3/08
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 11/00 Investigating flow properties of materials, e.g. viscosity, plasticity; Analysing materials by determining flow properties
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/487 of liquid biological material
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/52 : Use of compounds or compositions for colorimetric, spectrophotometric or fluorometric investigation, e.g. use of reagent paper and including single- and multilayer analytical elements immunological elements G01N33/54386; involving labelled immunochemicals G01N33/58; for haemoglobin or occult blood G01N33/72

Abstract

A collection bottle and a method for detecting a characteristic of a sample are provided. The collection bottle includes a body and a cover. The body of the collection bottle has an accommodating space. The cover of the collection bottle is removably assembled to the body of the collection bottle, and the cover includes a channel and a testing part. The channel of the collection bottle communicates the accommodating space and the outside environment. While the cover of the collection bottle is assembled to the body, the testing part extends toward the accommodating space.

Claims

1. A collection bottle, comprising:

a body, having an accommodating space; and

a cover, removably assembled to said body, wherein said cover comprises a channel and a testing part, said channel communicates said accommodating space and an outside environment, and when said cover is assembled to said body, said testing part extends toward said accommodating space.

2. The collection bottle as claimed in claim 1, wherein said testing part is a column-shaped, cone-shaped or cruciform structure.

3. The collection bottle as claimed in claim 1, wherein a slot is disposed to said testing part.

4. The collection bottle as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a test paper or a test reagent disposed on said testing part.

5. The collection bottle as claimed in claim 1, wherein a distance is kept between a bottom part of said testing part and a bottom part of said body.

6. The collection bottle as claimed in claim 5, wherein said distance kept between said bottom part of said testing part and said bottom part of said body is in a range from 1 mm to 50 mm.

7. The collection bottle as claimed in claim 5, wherein said distance kept between said bottom part of said testing part and said bottom part of said body is 20 mm.

8. The collection bottle as claimed in claim 1, wherein said body is provided with a scale.

9. The collection bottle as claimed in claim 1, wherein a material of said body comprises an elastic material.

10. The collection bottle as claimed in claim 1, wherein a bottom part of said body has a bulging part.

11. The collection bottle as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a shielding cap removably assembled to said cover and configured to close said channel.

12. The collection bottle as claimed in claim 11, wherein said shielding cap has an extended connection band, and an end of said connection band is connected to said cover.

13. The collection bottle as claimed in claim 11, wherein said cover further comprises a fixing part located adjacent to said channel, and said shielding cap is configured to be engaged with said fixing part and close said channel.

14. The collection bottle as claimed in claim 1, wherein a collected sample comprises semen.

15. A method for detecting a characteristic of a sample, performed by using said collection bottle as claimed in claim 1, said method comprising:

after said cover is opened, placing a sample in said accommodating space, then assembling said cover to said body, and having said testing part dipped in said sample by tilting or shaking, so as to determine said characteristic of said sample.

16. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein after said sample is placed in said accommodating space, said testing part is made to be dipped in said sample after an incubation period, and a dripping frequency or a length of stringiness of said sample is observed, so as to determine a level of liquefaction of said sample.

17. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein after said testing part is made to be dipped in said sample, a test paper or a test reagent disposed on said testing part is observed, so as to detect a characteristic of said sample.