Specimen collecting device and method
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1. A device for collecting aseptic liquid specimens, comprising:
- a container having wall means defining a chamber and an opening communicating with the chamber;
liquid sampling means comprising, compressible liquid absorption means for receiving the liquid specimen, and handle means for supporting the absorption means while receiving the specimen and placing the specimen containing absorption means in said chamber through the container opening; and
means for compressing the absorption means in the container chamber after receipt of the specimen to release the specimen into the chamber, said compressing means comprising spaced plate means being movable toward each other with the absorption means supported by the handle means between the plate means to squeeze the absorption means and release the specimen.
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A device for collecting aseptic liquid specimens comprising, a container having wall means defining a chamber and an opening communicating with the chamber. The device has liquid sampling means comprising, compressible liquid absorption means for receiving the liquid specimen, and handle means for supporting the absorption means while receiving the specimen and placing the specimen containing absorption means in the chamber through the container opening. The device has means for compressing the absorption means in the container chamber to release the specimen into the chamber.
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1. A device for collecting aseptic liquid specimens, comprising:
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a container having wall means defining a chamber and an opening communicating with the chamber; liquid sampling means comprising, compressible liquid absorption means for receiving the liquid specimen, and handle means for supporting the absorption means while receiving the specimen and placing the specimen containing absorption means in said chamber through the container opening; and means for compressing the absorption means in the container chamber after receipt of the specimen to release the specimen into the chamber, said compressing means comprising spaced plate means being movable toward each other with the absorption means supported by the handle means between the plate means to squeeze the absorption means and release the specimen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A device for collecting an aseptic specimen from a urine discharge, comprising:
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a container having wall means defining a chamber and an opening communicating with the chamber; a lid having an aperture extending through the lid; means for releasably securing said lid to the container with the lid covering the opening; an elongated shaft slidably received in the lid aperture and having inner and outer ends relative said chamber when the lid is secured to the container; a compression plate secured to and extending outwardly from the shaft; an absorbent sponge supported on the shaft intermediate said plate and lid, said shaft being movable between a first inner position with the plate spaced from the lid and the sponge exposed beneath the lid to receive a part of the discharge, and a second outer position with the plate located sufficiently near the lid to compress the sponge between the plate and lid and release the specimen into the container chamber. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A device for collecting an aseptic specimen from a urine discharge, comprising:
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a container having wall means defining a chamber and an opening communicating with the chamber adjacent a top of the container; a lid having an aperture extending through the lid; means for releasably securing said lid to the container adjacent the top with the lid covering the opening; an elongated shaft slidable received in the lid aperture and having inner and outer ends relative said chamber when the lid is secured to the container, a compression plate secured to and extending outwardly from the shaft adjacent the inner end of the shaft, a first slot extending peripherally around the shaft at a location spaced slightly from said plate toward the outer end of the shaft, with said first slot having a width approximately equal to the thickness of said lid, and said shaft having a second slot extending peripherally around the shaft and spaced slightly from said first slot toward the outer end of the shaft, with said second slot having a width less than the thickness of said lid; and a generally cylindrical absorbent sponge having a bore extending through the sponge with a diameter of a size less than the outer diameter of the shaft adjacent said first slot before the sponge is wetted, with said sponge being received in said first slot before wetting, said sponge being laterally and longitudinally expansible relative said shaft when wetted to release the sponge from the first slot and expand from the plate longitudinally along the shaft, whereby said shaft may be located at a first inner position with the sponge spaced from the lid to receive part of the discharge while an outer end portion of the shaft is held by the user'"'"'s hand, the lid may be secured to the container with the wetted sponge located in the chamber, the shaft may be moved outwardly through the lid with the second slot passing through the lid and the first slot receiving the lid to stop outer movement of the shaft at a second outer position after compressing the sponge between the lid and plate to release the specimen into the chamber, and an outer section of the shaft may be broken from the remainder of the shaft at said second slot to permit compact storage of the container and specimen.
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28. A device for collecting an aseptic specimen from a urine discharge, comprising:
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a container having wall means defining a chamber and an opening communicating with the chamber; a lid; means for releasably securing said lid to the container with the lid covering the container opening; an elongated shaft extending from the lid into the chamber when the lid is secured to the container; an absorbent sponge supported on said shaft and being compressible longitudinally along the shaft from an enlarged longitudinal configuration when wetted; a compression plate; and means for supporting said plate at a fixed position laterally in the chamber while the lid is being secured to the container and spaced a distance from the secured lid a distance less than the length of the enlarged sponge, whereby said sponge may be positioned in the discharge to receive the specimen, and said lid may be secured to the container to compress the sponge between said plate and lid and release the specimen into said chamber. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A device for collecting an aseptic specimen from a urine discharge, comprising:
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a container having a sterile chamber; sterile sponge means of a size for placement in the discharge to absorb a portion of the discharge; a lid; means for releasably securing the lid to the container with the lid closing the chamber; means for supporting the sponge means and lid during placement of the sponge means in the discharge; and means for compressing the sponge means on the supporting means with a sterile surface against the lid to release an aseptic sample from the sponge means into the chamber.
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36. A method of collecting an aseptic specimen from a urine discharge, comprising the steps of:
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positioning a sterile compressible absorbent member in a midstream portion of the discharge with a handle to absorb a portion of the discharge; and compressing the absorbent member by a sterile surface positioned to release an aseptic sample from the absorbent member into a sterile chamber of a container while supported by the handle in the container.
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