COLLECTION DEVICE AND METHOD
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220000456A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-06

    申请号:US17363279

    申请日:2021-06-30

    IPC分类号: A61B10/00 B01L3/00 B01L3/02

    摘要: A collection device for examining fecal matter to determine whether or not a patient is afflicted with parasites includes a particle accumulating plug mounted on an end of a collection tube containing a fecal specimen. The particle accumulating plug includes a conically-shaped inner wall that defines an inverted funnel within the plug. A pipetting port is formed through the inner wall at the apex of the inverted funnel to allow the tip of a pipette to enter the port and aspirate the ova or eggs, or other parasite cells, that have separated from the fecal specimen when a flotation solution is added to the tube and the tube is centrifuged. The conical shape of the inner wall of the plug directs the separated parasite ova or eggs towards the pipetting port and to accumulate within the volume of the funnel of the plug so that a desired volume of fluid containing a concentrated quantity of parasite ova or eggs may be aspirated into the pipette tip through the pipetting port of the particle accumulating plug.

    FECAL COLLECTION APPARATUSES, FECAL COLLECTION ATTACHMENT DEVICES, AND METHODS OF USING SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20240108319A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-04

    申请号:US18476618

    申请日:2023-09-28

    IPC分类号: A61B10/00 G01N1/04

    CPC分类号: A61B10/0038 G01N1/04

    摘要: A fecal collection apparatus includes a main body including an insertion end and a removal end opposite the insertion end, the main body defining a main body cavity between the insertion end and the removal end, a sample collection member positionable within the main body cavity through the insertion end, the sample collection member defining a fecal engagement portion for holding a fecal sample and a handle portion spaced apart from the fecal engagement portion, and a plug provided at a removal end of the main body, the plug positionable from a closed position in which the plug restricts fluid from passing from the main body cavity through the removal end, to an open position.