US 12,213,655 B2
Support for a biological species sample
Matthieu Dreyfus, Grenoble (FR); Philippe Rossignolo, Echirolles (FR); and Affif Zaccaria, Grenoble (FR)
Assigned to UNIVERSITE GRENOBLE ALPES, Saint Martin d'Heres (FR); CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE GRENOBLE, La Tronche (FR); and MEDIMPRINT, La Tronche (FR)
Appl. No. 16/491,862
Filed by UNIVERSITE GRENOBLE ALPES, Saint Martin d'Heres (FR); CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE de GRENOBLE, La Tronche (FR); and MEDIMPRINT, La Tronche (FR)
PCT Filed Mar. 7, 2018, PCT No. PCT/FR2018/050523
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 22, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/162847, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 13, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 1751890 (FR), filed on Mar. 8, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0239691 A1, Aug. 5, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 10/02 (2006.01); A61B 10/00 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/543 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 10/02 (2013.01) [A61B 10/0096 (2013.01); B01L 3/505 (2013.01); B01L 3/508 (2013.01); B01L 3/5085 (2013.01); B01L 3/52 (2013.01); G01N 33/54386 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0809 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0887 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.