US 12,295,554 B2
Sample collection device
Bassam El-Fahmawi, Hayward, CA (US)
Assigned to MAWI DNA TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Hayward, CA (US)
Filed by MAWI DNA TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Hayward, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/137,907.
Application 18/137,907 is a continuation of application No. 16/308,616, granted, now 11,660,078, previously published as PCT/US2017/046374, filed on Aug. 10, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/373,255, filed on Aug. 10, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0255605 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 10/00 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 10/0051 (2013.01) [B01L 3/5082 (2013.01); B01L 2200/12 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0681 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0832 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0848 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sample collection device comprising:
a collection tube at least partially defining a storage volume therein, wherein the storage volume defines an open end, and a closed end opposite the open end; and
a filter at least partially positioned within the storage volume to subdivide the storage volume between a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion extends between the filter and the open end and wherein the second portion extends between the filter and the closed end, wherein the filter is configured to filter a sample as it passes between the first portion and the second portion, wherein the filter includes a first surface facing the first portion, wherein the first surface of the filter is positioned closer to the closed end than to the open end wherein the filter includes a perforated wall, and wherein the perforated wall defines a plurality of apertures therein.