US 12,433,787 B2
Devices, systems, and methods for biological sample collection
Lauro V. Ojeda, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Jeffrey M. Sundstrom, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Justin T. Holmer, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Alan Cruz, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Minghui Huang, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Anant Bhamri, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Hakan Demirci, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Thomas Gardner, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Russ Miller, Ann Arbor, MI (US); and Peter Nguyen, Ann Arbor, MI (US)
Assigned to The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US); and The Penn State Research Foundation, University Park, PA (US)
Appl. No. 17/612,156
Filed by The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US); and The Penn State Research Foundation, University Park, PA (US)
PCT Filed May 21, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/033995
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 17, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/237049, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/850,913, filed on May 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0211545 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 9/007 (2006.01); A61B 10/00 (2006.01); A61B 10/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 9/00763 (2013.01) [A61B 10/0045 (2013.01); A61B 10/0233 (2013.01); A61B 2010/0067 (2013.01); A61B 2010/0208 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device comprising:
a syringe comprising a plunger and a barrel having a longitudinal axis and a sample collection volume;
a needle hub including an attachment device for connection with the syringe;
wherein the syringe is connected to the needle hub;
a syringe support connected to the needle hub; wherein the syringe support comprises a compartment, a power button, and a power indicator;
a microcontroller positioned within the compartment;
a needle connected to the needle hub, the needle having a lumen;
an internal needle at least partially positioned within the lumen of the needle; wherein the internal needle is hollow; and
a motor that rotationally moves the internal needle within the needle; wherein the motor includes one or more permanent magnets positioned inside of the needle hub and coupled to the internal needle; and wherein the motor further includes a stator with a plurality of coils mounted outside the needle hub; and
wherein the needle has a first opening formed in a side of the needle, and the internal needle has a second opening formed in a side of the internal needle; and wherein material is allowed to enter when the second opening is aligned with the first opening, and wherein the material is cut when the second opening rotates past the first opening.