Support for a biological species sample

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12213655-B2
Application number	US-201816491862-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 7, 2018
Priority date	Mar 8, 2017
Publication date	Feb 4, 2025
Grant date	Feb 4, 2025

Abstract

A support for a biological species sample collected on a sampling device including a gripping rod and a capture element having a capture surface for receiving the sample. The capture element being assembled with the gripping rod in order to form a distal portion of the sampling device. The support has a flat main face delimited by at least one side and a recess opening on the side of the support in which the sampling device can be inserted. The recess has a groove formed on the main face of the support in order to receive the distal portion of the sampling device. The groove being configured to interact with the distal portion in order to securely hold it on or in the support.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A support for a biological species sample collected on a sampling device, the sampling device comprising:
a gripping rod;
a capture element having a capture surface for receiving the biological species sample, the capture element being assembled with the gripping rod in order to form a distal portion of the sampling device;
wherein the support comprises:
a flat main face delimited by at least one side of the support;
a recess formed in the support, the recess consisting of a groove formed on the main face of the support that extends to an opening on a side of the support delimiting the main face thereof, wherein the groove is configured to: receive the distal portion of the sampling device via the opening, and interact with the distal portion of the sampling device in order to hold the distal portion of the sampling device in the support; and
a member for attaching a wall on the main face of the support to form a reservoir above at least a portion of the groove.

2. The support according to claim 1 , wherein the groove has a width measured at a level of the main face of the support strictly less than a maximum width of the groove so as to hold the distal portion of the sampling device in the support when the distal portion is lodged in the groove.

3. The support according to claim 1 , wherein the support comprises a plurality of grooves each with a respective recess opening.

4. The support according to claim 3 , wherein the plurality of grooves are parallel with one another.

5. The support according to claim 1 , wherein the support is made of a transparent material.

6. The support according to claim 1 , wherein the main face comprises a conductive layer.

7. The support according to claim 1 , wherein the support is made of a metallic plate.

8. The support according to claim 1 , wherein a depth of the groove is configured such that the capture surface is flush with the main face of the support when the distal portion of the sampling device is lodged in the groove.

9. The support according to claim 1 , wherein dimensions of the groove are selected to cooperate with dimensions of the distal portion of the sampling device to form a tight connection.

10. A biological species sample processing kit comprising:
the support according to claim 9 ; and
a wall of a reservoir.

11. The biological species sample processing kit according to claim 10 , further comprising a removable cover of the reservoir.

12. The biological species sample processing kit according to claim 10 , wherein the wall of the reservoir is formed from an opaque material.

13. The biological species sample processing kit according to claim 10 , wherein the reservoir comprises a plurality of watertight compartments.

14. The biological species sample processing kit according to claim 10 , wherein the wall of the reservoir comprises an internal notch in order to receive an end of a dispensing micropipette.

15. An insertion system for inserting a sampling device into a support, comprising:
the support according to claim 1 ;
a first element for placing the support in an assembly plane; and
a second element for placing the sampling device in the assembly plane, the first element and the second element being disposed in relation to one another such that the gripping rod is placed facing and aligned with the groove of the support,
wherein the first element is configured to move toward the second element in order to lodge the distal portion of the sampling device in the groove.

16. The insertion system according to claim 15 , further comprising a cutting device in order to detach the distal portion of the sampling device from a rest of the gripping rod.

Assignees

• Univ Grenoble Alpes
• Centre Hospitalier Univ De Grenoble
• Medimprint

Inventors

• Dreyfus Matthieu
• Rossignolo Philippe
• Zaccaria Affif

Classifications

• B01L3/5085

  for multiple samples, e.g. microtitration plates · CPC title

• A61B10/0096

  Casings for storing test samples (A61B10/0038, A61B10/0045 take precedence; preservation of living parts of the human or animal body A01N1/10; 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 title

• B01L3/508

  Rigid containers without fluid transport within · CPC title

• B01L3/52

  Containers specially adapted for storing or dispensing a reagent (B01L3/02 takes precedence; storing or dispensing test elements G01N33/4875; automated reagent dispensing G01N35/1002) · CPC title

• G01N33/54386 Primary

  Analytical elements · CPC title