Biopsy sample storage container and related sampler
AssigneeSnpshot Trustee Limited
InventorsMichael Stuart GARDNER, Roy Victor BLADEN
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Abstract
A storage container to receive and store a biopsy sample of an organism, held by a biopsy sample collector, the storage container comprising a container body defining a containment region with an open end, and a container cap removably located at the open end to seal the containment region, the cap including a passage that is closed by a closure that is able to be ruptured to allow a biopsy sample retaining biopsy sample collector to thereat enter the containment region so that the sample can be stored in the containment region and the sample collector can seal the passage.
Claims22
-34. (canceled)
A storage container to receive and store a biopsy sample of an organism, held by a biopsy sample collector, said storage container comprising:
- a. a container body defining a containment region with an open end,
- b. a container cap removably located at the open end to seal the containment region, the cap including a passage that is closed by a closure that is able to be ruptured to allow a biopsy sample retaining biopsy sample collector to thereat enter the containment region so that the sample can be stored in the containment region and said sample collector can be retained by said cap and seal the passage,
- wherein the cap presents a sample cutting surface to cooperate with the sample collector in cutting a sample from the organism to be sampled, and
- wherein a tamper evident indicator is provided to indicate separation of the cap from the container body.
A storage container to receive and store a biopsy sample held by a biopsy sample collector, said storage container comprising a container body defining a closed containment region, there being a passage defined by a cap leading to said containment region that is closed by a closure that is able to be ruptured to create an opening into said containment region to allow a biopsy sample retaining biopsy sample collector to thereat enter the containment zone so that the sample can become stored in the containment zone, held by said collector, and where said collector closes the opening
- wherein the cap presents a sample cutting surface to cooperate with the sample collector in cutting a sample from the organism to be sampled.
A die to cooperate with a punch to remove and store a tissue sample from an animal, said die presenting a sample cutting surface to cooperate with the punch in cutting a sample from the organism to be sampled, the die forming part of a cap removably engaged to a storage container body in a tamper evident manner and together defining a sealed containment region, said die including a passage leading through the cap into the containment region and into which a said punch becomes secured, upon removal of a sample from a said animal for delivery into and storage of said sample, whilst held by said punch, in said containment region.
A punch and die set for removing a tissue sample from an animal, said set comprising a punch to be driven through part of said animal and a die to cooperate with said punch in removing a sample from said animal, said die being a removable tamper evident cap engaged to a storage container having a storage container body that together with the cap defines a containment region, said cap including a passage there through to provide accesses into the containment region and into which said punch becomes secured upon removal of a sample from a said animal for delivery into and storage of said sample in said containment region, wherein the cap presents a sample cutting surface to cooperate with the punch in cutting a sample from the organism to be sampled.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.