Sample collection device
AssigneeOrion Genomics LLC
InventorsJacob Paul HENDRICKX, Michael Sylvester BOTZET, Nathan D, LAKEY, Anthony D. FAVELLO
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Abstract
A sampling device having a lower portion with a sample container. A cap is moveably attached with the lower portion and includes a cutting edge configured for cutting a leaf. When the cap is attached to the lower portion with a leaf there between, a leaf sample is deposited into the sample container of the lower portion. The cap includes a vent in fluid communication with the sample container such that the leaf sample is dried. A detachable label can extend from the lower portion.
Claims22
A sampling device comprising:
- a lower portion comprising a sample container and an elongated bore adjacent to the sample container;
- a cap moveably attached with the lower portion and comprising a cutting edge configured for cutting a leaf, such that when the cap is attached to the lower portion with a leaf therebetween, a leaf sample is deposited into the sample container of the lower portion, the cap also comprising a dead space passage configured to receive a first pipette,
- wherein the cap is moveably attached to the lower portion by an elongated post extending out of the lower portion, and wherein the cap includes a vent in fluid communication with the sample container such that the leaf sample is dried during transport of the sampling device, the vent being configured to receive a second pipette.
(canceled)
A method for sampling a leaf of a plant using a sampling device system, the method comprising:
- obtaining a plurality of sampling devices, each sampling device comprising a dead space passage configured to receive a first pipette and a vent configured to receive a second pipette, the vent being in fluid communication with a sample container;
- arranging the plurality of sampling devices in first and second sampling device arrays;
- positioning the plurality of sampling devices adjacent to an array of pipettes, the array of pipettes comprising a first plurality of pipettes and a second plurality of pipettes arranged in alternating rows;
- moving the array of pipettes such that the first plurality of pipettes move into the vents of the first sampling device array and the second plurality of pipettes lower into the dead space passages of the first sampling device array;
- withdrawing fluid from the vents of the first sampling device array using the first plurality of pipettes;
- moving the array of pipettes such that the first plurality of pipettes moving into the dead space passages of the second sampling device array and the second plurality of pipettes lower into the vents of the second sampling device array;
- withdrawing fluid from the vents of the second sampling device array using the second plurality of pipettes.
21-73. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.