US 11,517,232 B1
Systems and methods for mobile sample collection
Channing Robertson, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Assigned to Labrador Dlagnostics LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by Labrador Dlagnostics LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Nov. 9, 2015, as Appl. No. 14/936,599.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/077,023, filed on Nov. 7, 2014.
Int. Cl. B64C 39/02 (2006.01); A61B 5/15 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G08G 5/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/150748 (2013.01) [A61B 5/150847 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G05D 1/00 (2013.01); G08G 5/04 (2013.01); B64C 2201/128 (2013.01); B64C 2201/141 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
providing a plurality of autonomous sampling devices for sample collection, wherein each of the autonomous sampling devices includes a sample capsule coupled to a tissue penetrating member;
deploying at least a predetermined number of said autonomous sampling devices to acquire sample from subjects in a geographic area; and
using at least one of said autonomous sampling devices to acquire sample from at least one of said subjects in the geographic area by traveling to and connecting with a seating surface having a docking location for the at least one autonomous sampling device and wherein said at least one of the subjects comes into contact with the seating surface having the docking location.