US 12,349,872 B2
Sample collection device and method
Travis Sessions, Cedar Hills, UT (US); Aaron Devore, Lehi, UT (US); and Dan H. O'Neill, Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Assigned to Ancestry.com DNA, LLC, Lehi, UT (US)
Filed by Ancestry.com DNA, LLC
Filed on Apr. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/139,265.
Application 18/139,265 is a continuation of application No. 16/563,800, filed on Sep. 6, 2019, granted, now 11,826,027.
Application 16/563,800 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2018/022518, filed on Mar. 14, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/471,852, filed on Mar. 15, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/476,204, filed on Mar. 24, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0285008 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. B01L 3/00 (2006.01); A61B 10/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 10/0045 (2013.01) [B01L 3/50825 (2013.01); A61B 10/0051 (2013.01); B01L 2200/16 (2013.01); B01L 2300/042 (2013.01); B01L 2300/047 (2013.01); B01L 2300/049 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A DNA sample collection system, the DNA sample collection system comprising:
a sample tube having a detachable funnel portion and a body portion, the detachable funnel portion having a first inner diameter and the body portion having a second inner diameter than is smaller than the first inner diameter, wherein the sample tube having a closed end at the body portion and an open end at the detachable funnel portion, the open end configured to receive a DNA sample;
a reservoir-defining cap engageable with the sample tube, the reservoir-defining cap having a cap body and a sealing member movable relative to the cap body, wherein the reservoir-defining cap is lockable in place with the detachable funnel portion of the sample tube at an engaged configuration, wherein in the engaged configuration, the reservoir-defining cap closes the open end of the sample tube;
a reservoir defined by the reservoir-defining cap, the reservoir configured to carry a stabilization fluid, the reservoir having an opening that is sealed by the sealing member of the reservoir-defining cap, wherein the sealing member is displaceable by the detachable funnel portion and relative to the reservoir to uncover the opening to release the stabilization fluid to the sample tube,
a nodule defined by a surface of the reservoir-defining cap; and
a slot defined in a surface of the sample tube, the slot comprising a locking groove defined at a distal terminus of the slot;
wherein the nodule is configured to advance along a length of the slot towards the locking groove as the reservoir-defining cap is twistingly engaged with the sample tube along a longitudinal axis of the reservoir-defining cap from a disengaged configuration towards the engaged configuration;
wherein the detachable funnel portion and the reservoir-defining cap are configured to be detached and replaced by a closure-member cap after the stabilization fluid is released to the sample tube.