Device for collecting biological samples

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025222448-A1
Application number	US-202218705301-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 26, 2022
Priority date	Oct 27, 2021
Publication date	Jul 10, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a device for collecting one or more biological samples comprising a housing and a collector element, wherein the collector element is designed to collect one or more biological samples. The device comprises a cap element which can be mounted on the housing, wherein the cap element comprises a reagent or an element comprising a reagent.

First claim

1 . A device for collecting one or more biological samples comprising a housing and a collector element,
wherein the collector element is designed to collect one or more biological samples, wherein the device further comprises a cap element which can be mounted on the housing, wherein the cap element comprises at least one reagent or at least one element comprising a reagent.

2 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one element for indicating and/or measuring at least one reaction between the reagent and the at least one biological sample is arranged within the cap element.

3 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one element for indicating a reaction indicates the pH value of a solution comprising the respective reagent and the at least one biological sample or causes a fluorescence effect of a solution comprising the respective reagent and the at least one biological sample.

4 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one element for indicating and/or measuring is at least one absorption element.

5 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the cap element comprises at least one reaction chamber, and wherein the at least one reagent or the at least one element comprising a reagent and/or the at least one element for indicating and/or measuring a reaction is arranged within the reaction chamber or within the reaction chambers, respectively.

6 . The device according to claim 5 , wherein the reaction chambers are separated from one another, wherein one reagent or one element comprising a reagent is contained in each of the reaction chambers such that a reagent or element in one reaction chamber is separated from a reagent or element in another reaction chamber.

7 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the cap element comprises first and second reaction chambers, wherein a first reagent or a first element comprising a first reagent is contained in the first reaction chamber, and wherein a second reagent or a second element comprising a second reagent is contained in the second reaction chamber.

8 . The device according to claim 7 , wherein the first reaction chamber comprises a first absorption element comprising a first reagent, and wherein the second reaction chamber comprises a second absorption element comprising a second reagent.

9 . The device according to claim 8 , wherein the first absorption element further comprises a first substance for indicating and/or measuring a first reaction between the first reagent and the at least one biological sample, and wherein the second absorption element further comprises a second substance for indicating and/or measuring a second reaction between the second reagent and the at least one biological sample.

10 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein a holder is arranged within the at least one reaction chamber, wherein the holder is designed to premount the at least one reagent, the at least one element comprising a reagent, and/or the at least one element for indicating and/or measuring a reaction on or within the holder, before the holder is mounted within the at least one reaction chamber.

11 . The device according to claim 10 , wherein the holder holds the at least one reagent or the at least one element comprising a reagent and/or the at least one element for indicating and/or measuring a reaction by shape-fit, snap-fit and/or press-fit features.

12 . The device according to claim 10 , wherein the holder is held within the at least one reaction chamber by shape-fit, snap-fit and/or press-fit features.

13 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the cap element has an opening which at least partially comprises a converging shape for funneling a liquid into the at least one reaction chamber.

14 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the holder has an end portion which at least partially comprises a converging shape for funneling a liquid into the at least one reaction chamber.

15 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the cap element comprises ribs and/or protrusions for engaging at least part of the front portion of the housing for holding the cap element in a predefined position.

16 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the device comprises a container for storing liquid and a channel for guiding the liquid to the collector element.

17 . The device according to claim 16 , wherein the container is initially in a closed state for storing the liquid and further comprises a release mechanism for opening the container or a passage from the container to the channel so that liquid stored in the container can enter the channel from the container and reach the collector element.

18 . The device according to claim 16 , wherein the container has an opening which is closed by a membrane, and wherein the release mechanism comprises a cutting or penetrating member for opening the container by a cutting or penetrating actuation.

19 . The device according to claim 16 , wherein the container and the housing are designed such that the container can be moved from a first position into the housing to a second position.

20 . The device according to claim 16 , wherein the membrane is closed in the first position of the container, and wherein the membrane is cut open or penetrated by the cutting or penetrating member in the second position of the container.

Assignees

• Bic Violex Single Member Sa
• SOCIéTé BIC

Inventors

• Katsikas Georgios
• Saltas Efthymios
• Michenaud Etienne

Classifications

• B01L2300/0609

  Holders integrated in container to position an object · CPC title

• B01L2300/047

  Additional chamber, reservoir · CPC title

• B01L2300/042

  Caps; Plugs · CPC title

• B01L2200/16

  Reagents, handling or storing thereof · 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