Sampling assembly, sample analyzer and sampling method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11614382-B2
Application number	US-201916729449-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 29, 2019
Priority date	Jun 30, 2017
Publication date	Mar 28, 2023
Grant date	Mar 28, 2023

Abstract

A sampling assembly, including a sampling needle, a first pipeline, a second pipeline, a driving member, a first switching member, and a second switching member, is disclosed. The first pipeline is connected between the sampling needle and the first switching member. The second pipeline is connected between the first switching member and the driving member. The first switching member is used for connecting or disconnecting the first pipeline and the second pipeline. The second pipeline is connected, by means of the second switching member, to a negative pressure source. The sampling time of the sampling assembly of the present disclosure is relatively short. The present disclosure further discloses a sample analyzer and a sampling method.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sampling assembly, comprising:
a sampling needle;
a first pipeline;
a second pipeline;
a driving member;
a first switching member; and
a second switching member,
wherein the first pipeline is coupled between the sampling needle and the first switching member, the second pipeline is coupled between the first switching member and the driving member, the first switching member is used for connecting or disconnecting the first pipeline to or from the second pipeline, and the second pipeline is capable of connecting to a negative pressure source via the second switching member.

2. The sampling assembly of claim 1 , wherein the second pipeline is further capable of connecting to the atmosphere via the second switching member.

3. The sampling assembly of claim 1 , wherein the second switching member comprises a first port and a second port, wherein the first port is connected to the second pipeline, the second port is connected to the negative pressure source, and the second switching member is configured to connect the first port to the second port.

4. The sampling assembly of claim 3 , wherein the second switching member further comprises a third port connected to the atmosphere, wherein the second switching member is further configured to connect the first port to the third port.

5. The sampling assembly of claim 1 , wherein the negative pressure source comprises a gas storage tank, wherein negative pressure is formed in the gas storage tank, and the gas storage tank is connected to the second pipeline to cause the second pipeline to be in a negative pressure state.

6. The sampling assembly of claim 1 , wherein the sampling needle comprises a needle body and a needle head which are arranged in a direction of a lengthwise axis,
wherein the needle body and the needle head are internally provided with a fluid passage in communication with each other, and the fluid passage extends in the direction of the lengthwise axis with an opening at one end arranged in the needle head,
wherein the needle body has a closed outer surface,
wherein the needle head comprises a tip portion, the tip portion comprises a first end, a second end, and a smooth side surface extending between the first end and the second end, wherein the first end of the tip portion is arranged on a side away from the needle body, the second end of the tip portion is arranged on a side close to the needle body, and the tip portion is a blunt end.

7. The sampling assembly of claim 6 , wherein the first end of the tip portion is coupled to the side surface via a first transition cambered surface, and a radius of the first transition cambered surface is less than or equal to 0.1 mm.

8. The sampling assembly of claim 6 , wherein the needle head further comprises a first transition portion which is positioned between the needle body and the tip portion and is coupled to the needle body and the tip portion,
wherein one end of the first transition portion that is coupled to the tip portion has a first radial dimension, and one end of the first transition portion that is coupled to the needle body has a second radial dimension, the first radial dimension being less than the second radial dimension.

9. The sampling assembly of claim 8 , wherein the first transition portion comprises an outer surface extending between the two ends thereof, wherein an extension direction of the outer surface forms a second included angle with respect to the lengthwise axis, and the second included angle is less than or equal to 10°.

10. The sampling assembly of claim 8 , wherein the first transition portion is a truncated cone structure having a smooth outer surface, wherein the first radial dimension is less than a radial dimension of the needle body, and the second radial dimension is equal to a radial dimension of the needle body.

11. The sampling assembly of claim 8 , wherein the needle head further comprises a second transition portion which is located between the first transition portion and the tip portion and is coupled to the first transition portion and the tip portion
wherein the second transition portion is coupled to the second end of the tip portion via a second transition cambered surface, and a radius of the second transition cambered surface is 0.1 mm to 1 mm.

12. The sampling assembly of claim 11 , wherein the second transition portion is a cylindrical structure having a constant radial dimension, and the radial dimension of the cylindrical structure is less than the radial dimension of the needle body and equal to a radial dimension of the second end of the tip portion.

13. The sampling assembly of claim 6 , wherein an outer contour of any cross section of the needle body in a direction perpendicular to the lengthwise axis is circular or elliptical, and the tip portion is a conical structure or a truncated cone structure that tapers from its second end to its first end.

14. A sampling method using a sampling assembly, wherein the sampling assembly comprises a sampling needle, a first pipeline, a second pipeline, a driving member, a first switching member and a second switching member, wherein the first pipeline is coupled between the sampling needle and the first switching member, the second pipeline is coupled between the first switching member and the driving member, the first switching member is used for connecting or disconnecting the first pipeline to or from the second pipeline, and the second pipeline is capable of connecting to a negative pressure source via the second switching member,
the sampling method comprising:
penetrating a cap of a test tube and extending into the test tube by using the sampling needle, after the first switching member disconnects the first pipeline from the second pipeline;
connecting the second pipeline to the negative pressure source by using the second switching member;
connecting the first pipeline to the second pipeline by using the first switching member, after the second switching member disconnects the second pipeline from the negative pressure source;
drawing a biological sample from the test tube into the sampling needle by using the driving member; and
exiting the sampling needle form the test tube, after the first switching member disconnects the first pipeline from the second pipeline again.

15. The sampling method of claim 14 , wherein the second switching member comprises a first port and a second port, wherein the first port is connected to the second pipeline, the second port is connected to the negative pressure source, and the second switching member is capable of connecting the first port to the second port; and
after the step of “the first switching member disconnects the first pipeline from the second pipeline again”, the sampling method further comprises:
connecting the second pipeline to the negative pressure source again by using the second switching member; and
connecting the first pipeline to the second pipeline again by using the first switching member, after the second switching member disconnects the second pipeline from the negative pressure source again.

16. The sampling method of claim 15 , wherein forming a front-end gas column at one end of the sampling needle away from the first pipeline when the first switching member connects the first pipeline to the second pipeline again; and
after the step of “connecting the first pipeline to the second pipeline again by using the first switching member”, the sampling method further comprises:
forcing the front-end gas column out of the sampling needle by using the driving member.

Assignees

• Shenzhen Mindray Biomedical Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Feng Xiang
• Teng Jin
• Xie Zixian

Classifications

• B01L2300/06

  Auxiliary integrated devices, integrated components · CPC title

• G01N1/14 Primary

  Suction devices, e.g. pumps; Ejector devices · CPC title

• B01L2300/0832

  cylindrical, tube shaped · CPC title

• G01N35/1079 Primary

  with means for piercing stoppers or septums · CPC title

• B01L3/502

  with fluid transport, e.g. in multi-compartment structures · CPC title