US 12,465,335 B2
Specimen collection and delivery apparatus
Andrew Kolb, Seattle, WA (US); Alan K. Lofquist, Kirkland, WA (US); and C. Frederick Battrell, Wenatchee, WA (US)
Assigned to Revvity Health Sciences, Inc., Waltham, MA (US)
Filed by PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc., Waltham, MA (US)
Filed on Jun. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/357,111.
Application 17/357,111 is a division of application No. 15/569,701, granted, now 11,071,526, previously published as PCT/US2016/030194, filed on Apr. 29, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/154,509, filed on Apr. 29, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0315550 A1, Oct. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 10/00 (2006.01); A61B 10/02 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); G01N 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 10/0096 (2013.01) [A61B 10/0045 (2013.01); A61B 10/02 (2013.01); B01L 3/50825 (2013.01); G01N 1/00 (2013.01); B01L 2200/026 (2013.01); B01L 2200/027 (2013.01); B01L 2200/16 (2013.01); B01L 2300/043 (2013.01); B01L 2300/044 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0681 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0683 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sample collection and delivery apparatus, comprising:
a sample tube having a hollow interior, an opening into the hollow interior at a first outermost end of the sample tube, and an open luer end at a second outermost end of the sample tube opposite from the first outermost end;
a first filter matrix disposed within the hollow interior of the sample tube;
a hinge coupled to the first outermost end of the sample tube; and
a closure housing coupled to the hinge at the first outermost end of the sample tube, the closure housing configured for sealing the opening and including:
a filter chamber including a base and a sidewall extending perpendicular from the base to define a cavity in the closure housing, the filter chamber further including a rim at an outer end of the sidewall opposite from the base; and
a second filter matrix disposed within the cavity of the filter chamber,
wherein the base of the filter chamber contacts the first outermost end of the sample tube, and
wherein the rim and the sidewall of the filter chamber extend into the hollow interior of the sample tube and the rim engages an internal surface of the sample tube to removably seal the opening at the first outermost end of the sample tube.