Collection and transfer device

• US 5,624,554 A
• Filed: 12/23/1994
• Issued: 04/29/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Biomedical Polymers, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Biomedical Polymers, Inc.
• Inventors: Faulkner, Michael, Fay, John E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lithgow, Thomas M.
• Application Number:
  US08/363,630
• Time in Patent Office: 858 Days
• Field of Search: 210/232, 210/238, 210/445, 210/446, 210/464, 210/465, 210/466, 210/467, 210/468, 210/469, 210/474, 210/482, 422/101, 422/102, 435/311, 436/177, 436/178, 222/189, 141/286, 73/863.23, 73/863.24, 73/863.25, 73/864.44, 73/864.91
• US Class Current: 210/232
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 10/0038 Devices for taking faeces samples; Faecal examination devices anal receptacles A61F5/451
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 436/25375 Liberation or purification of sample or separation of material from a sample [e.g., filtering, centrifuging, etc.]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 436/255 including use of a solid sorbent, semipermeable membrane, or liquid extraction

Abstract

A collection and transfer device including a collection vessel having an opening on one end and a closure apparatus engageable therewith which has a collection device receivable within the collection vessel, and a passage therethrough for transferring a collected sample from within the collection vessel to a centrifuge or other type of vessel or microscope slide.

Claims

1. A collection and transfer device comprising:

a collection vessel having an opening on one end;

a closure apparatus engageable with said opening;

said closure apparatus including a shank portion connected to said closure apparatus and receivable within said collection vessel, said closure apparatus further including a passage through said closure apparatus for transferring a sample from within said collection vessel to the exterior of said collection vessel;

a frangible sealing member for sealing said passage; and

a cap sealingly engageable with said closure apparatus.

2. The collection and transfer device of claim 1 further including a key for removing said cap.

3. A collection and transfer device comprising:

a collection vessel having an opening on one end;

a closure apparatus engageable with said opening;

said closure apparatus including a shank portion connected to said closure apparatus and the shank portion having agitator vanes receivable within said collection vessel;

said closure apparatus further including a passage therethrough for transferring a sample from within said collection vessel to the exterior of said collection vessel;

said collection vessel including a conical cavity for receiving the vanes of said shank portion;

said vanes being closely spaced from the walls of said conical cavity to enable proper agitation of a sample;

said device further including a cap sealable with respect to said closure apparatus and a frangible sealing member for sealing said passage through said closure apparatus.

4. A collection vessel and transfer device comprising:

a collection vessel having an opening on one end;

a first cap sealingly engaged with said open end of said collection vessel, the first cap including;

a shaft connected on one end thereof to said first cap, said shaft terminating in a device including a fork portion, a spoon portion, and at least one agitator vane;

said first cap further including a passage therethrough for transferring material form said collection to the exterior thereof,

said first cap further including a filter in communication with said passage for filtering material transferred out of said collection vessel;

said first cap further including a rim for sealingly engaging a transfer vessel;

said collection vessel and transfer device further including a second cap sealingly engageable with said first cap; and

said collection vessel and transfer device further including a frangible sealing member for sealing said passage.