Nasopharyngeal aspirate collection device
AssigneeCore Diagnostics Corporation
InventorsWilma MANGAN, John HAUGHEY
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Abstract
Methods and systems directed towards a single use nasopharyngeal aspirate collection device comprising, a reservoir capable of contracting and expanding in a lineal motion at least one time, a nozzle comprising an at least one orifice at a distal end of the nozzle, a fastening means capable of coupling a proximal end of the reservoir with a proximal end of the nozzle, a guard disposed about a portion of an outer wall of the reservoir adjacent to the proximal end of the reservoir, and an internal cavity extending from the reservoir through the nozzle.
Claims20
A nasopharyngeal aspirate collection device comprising:
- a reservoir capable of contracting and expanding in a lineal motion at least one time;
- a nozzle comprising an at least one orifice at a distal end of the nozzle;
- a fastening means capable of coupling a proximal end of the reservoir with a proximal end of the nozzle;
- a guard disposed about a portion of an outer wall of the reservoir adjacent to the proximal end of the reservoir;
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- an internal cavity extending from the reservoir through the nozzle.
A method for collecting a sample with a nasopharyngeal aspirate collection device, the method comprising:
- inserting the nasopharyngeal aspirate collection device into a cavity of a subject,
- ejecting an aspiration fluid into the cavity from the nasopharyngeal aspirate collection device by applying pressure to a reservoir containing the aspiration fluid,
- removing pressure from the reservoir to create negative pressure in the reservoir, and
- withdrawing at least a portion of the aspiration fluid and a subject sample from the cavity into the reservoir.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.