US 11,744,560 B2
Sampling capsule
Tianyi Yangdai, Wuhan (CN); Yuhui Bao, Wuhan (CN); Hangyu Peng, Wuhan (CN); and Fanhua Ming, Wuhan (CN)
Assigned to ANKON TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Wuhan (CN)
Filed by ANKON TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD, Wuhan (CN)
Filed on Jul. 15, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/929,119.
Claims priority of application No. 201910636328.5 (CN), filed on Jul. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0015469 A1, Jan. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 10/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/273 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 10/0045 (2013.01) [A61B 1/273 (2013.01); A61B 5/14539 (2013.01); A61B 2010/0061 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sampling capsule, comprising:
an enclosure;
a sampling assembly comprising a sample chamber disposed in the enclosure, an outer sampling port on the enclosure, a sampling tube connecting the outer sampling port and the sample chamber, and a sampling switch for opening or closing the sampling tube;
a sample drawing assembly comprising a sample drawing port on the enclosure and connected to the sample chamber, and a silicone plug fitted in the sample drawing port; and
a control module comprising a microprocessor in communication with the sampling switch,
wherein the sampling tube comprises wherein the sampling tube comprises a flexible tube, and the sampling switch comprises a clamping ring for clamping at least part of the flexible tube and a heating element in communication with the microprocessor and capable of fusing the clamping ring.