Devices and methods for sample collection
AssigneePredicine, Inc.
InventorsShujun LUO, Pan DU, Shidong JIA
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Abstract
Provided herein are devices and methods for collection of a biological sample. The device may comprise a cap, a pierceable container comprising a reagent for processing or preserving a biological sample, and a container that comprises a piercer. Upon engagement of the cap with an opening of the container, the piercer may be able to pierce a pierceable container, thereby releasing the reagent of the pierceable container into the container. The methods may comprise use of the device to collect a biological sample. The methods may comprise assaying analytes of the biological sample.
Claims31
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A device for collecting a biological sample of a subject, comprising:
- a container comprising a piercer extending across a longitudinal axis of said container towards an opening of said container;
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- a cap comprising a pierceable container comprising a reagent for processing or preserving said biological sample,
- wherein said device is configured such that upon engagement of said cap with said container to dispose said cap adjacent to said opening, said piercer pierces said pierceable container to release said reagent into said container.
A method for collecting a biological sample of a subject, comprising:
- (a) providing a container comprising a piercer extending across a longitudinal axis of said container towards an opening of said container, wherein said container comprises said biological sample;
- (b) engaging a cap with said container to dispose said cap adjacent to said opening, wherein said cap comprises a pierceable container comprising a reagent for processing or preserving said biological sample;
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- (c) upon engaging said cap with said container, subjecting said cap or said container to a closing motion, thereby piercing, by said piercer, said pierceable container to release said reagent into said container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.