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US 10,371,606 B2Granted
Bodily fluid sample collection and transport
AssigneeTheraos IP Company, LLC
InventorsElizabeth A. Holmes, Clarissa Lui, Michael Chen, Daniel Young
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Abstract
Bodily fluid sample collection systems, devices, and method are provided. The sample is collected at a first location and subjected to a first sample processing step. The sample may be shipped to a second location and subjected to a second sample processing step that does not introduce contaminants into a plasma portion of the sample formed from the first processing step. The sample may also be mixed with other material(s) in the collection device.
Claims18
A device comprising:
- a channel comprising an anticoagulant coating;
- and
- a vessel configured to be in fluid communication with the channel,
- wherein the device is configured to:
- receive, in the channel, a bodily fluid sample provided by a subject;
- mix, in the channel, the bodily fluid sample with the anticoagulant coating to generate a mixed bodily fluid sample based on a fluid flow of at least a portion of the bodily fluid sample across the anticoagulant coating;
- and
- collect, in the vessel, the mixed bodily fluid sample,
- wherein the anticoagulant coating comprises EDTA, and wherein the mixed bodily fluid sample comprises a bulk concentration of EDTA no less than about 2.5 milligrams per milliliter and no greater than about 10 milligrams per milliliter;
- wherein a concentration of the anticoagulant coating varies along a length of the channel according to a gradient.
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A device comprising:
- a channel comprising an anticoagulant coating;
- and
- a vessel configured to be in fluid communication with the channel,
- wherein the device is configured to:
- receive, in the channel, a bodily fluid sample provided by a subject;
- mix, In the channel, the bodily fluid sample with the anticoagulant coating to generate a mixed bodily fluid sample based on a fluid flow of at least a portion of the bodily fluid sample across the anticoagulant coating;
- and
- collect, in the vessel, the mixed bodily fluid sample,
- wherein the anticoagulant coating comprises EDTA, and wherein the mixed bodily fluid sample comprises a bulk concentration of EDTA no less than about 2.5 milligrams per milliliter and no greater than about 10 milligrams per milliliter, wherein a thickness of the anticoagulant coating varies along a length of the channel according to a gradient.
6 more elements
A device comprising:
- a channel comprising an anticoagulant coating;
- and
- a vessel configured to be in fluid communication with the channel,
- wherein the device is configured to:
- receive, in the channel, a bodily fluid sample provided by a subject;
- mix, in the channel, the bodily fluid sample with the anticoagulant coating to generate a mixed bodily fluid sample based on a fluid flow of at least a portion of the bodily fluid sample across the anticoagulant coating;
- and
- collect, in the vessel, the mixed bodily fluid sample
- wherein the anticoagulant coating comprises heparin, and wherein the mixed bodily fluid sample comprises a bulk concentration of heparin no less than about 20 units per milliliter and no greater than about 150 units per milliliter wherein a thickness of the anticoagulant coating varies along a length of the channel according to a gradient.
6 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.