US 11,980,167 B2
Method for sampling an egg
Tjitze Meter, Veenendaal (NL)
Assigned to SELEGGT GmbH, Cologne (DE)
Appl. No. 16/966,019
Filed by SELEGGT GmbH, Cologne (DE)
PCT Filed Feb. 7, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/053094
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 30, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/154493, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0359606 A1, Nov. 19, 2020
Int. Cl. A01K 45/00 (2006.01); A61L 2/00 (2006.01); B23K 26/359 (2014.01); B23K 26/38 (2014.01); B23K 26/402 (2014.01); G01N 1/14 (2006.01); G01N 33/08 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 45/007 (2013.01) [A61L 2/0029 (2013.01); B23K 26/359 (2015.10); B23K 26/38 (2013.01); B23K 26/402 (2013.01); G01N 1/14 (2013.01); G01N 33/08 (2013.01); G01N 2001/1445 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for sampling an egg, the method comprising;
a) fluid coupling an interior of the egg to a source of pressure,
b) controlling the pressure in the interior of the egg by the source of pressure,
c) expelling an amount of liquid, in particular allantoic liquid, from the interior of the egg to the exterior of the egg as a result of the pressure in the interior of the egg, and
d) collecting at least a portion of the amount of liquid at the exterior surface of the egg, and
wherein the method further comprises making a sample passage in an egg shell for fluid communication between an interior of the egg and an exterior of the egg; and step d) comprises collecting the portion of the amount of liquid at the sample passage.