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US 2025/0145927 A1Published application
Collection kit jig
AssigneeTerumo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroshi OKABE
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Abstract
A collection kit jig includes a kit holding unit, a first adapter supporting unit that fixes a first adapter, a second adapter supporting unit that fixes a second adapter, a first bottle fixing unit that fixes a first culture bottle, a second bottle fixing unit that fixes a second culture bottle, and an elevation mechanism that relatively moves the kit holding unit in a vertical direction with respect to the first bottle fixing unit and the second bottle fixing unit.
Claims20
A collection kit jig used for connecting a collection kit to a culture bottle,
- the collection kit including an inlet tube to which a medical bag containing an object to be sampled is connected, a collection bag connected downstream of the inlet tube, having a first accommodation chamber and a second accommodation chamber, and having a connection flow path connecting the first accommodation chamber and the second accommodation chamber, a first outlet port connected to the first accommodation chamber, a second outlet port connected to the second accommodation chamber, a first adapter connected downstream of the first outlet port and connectable to a first culture bottle, and a second adapter connected downstream of the second outlet port and connectable to a second culture bottle,
- the collection kit jig comprising:
- a kit holding unit that holds the collection kit;
- a first adapter supporting unit that is provided in the kit holding unit and supports the first adapter;
- a second adapter supporting unit that is provided in the kit holding unit and supports the second adapter;
- a first bottle fixing unit that is disposed below the kit holding unit and fixes the first culture bottle;
- a second bottle fixing unit that is disposed below the kit holding unit and fixes the second culture bottle;
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- an elevation mechanism that moves the kit holding unit in a vertical direction relative to the first bottle fixing unit and the second bottle fixing unit.
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A collection kit jig, comprising:
- a base plate comprising a width measured in a first direction, a height measured in a second direction, and a thickness measured in a third direction;
- a first adapter support comprising a first set of protrusions attached to and extending away from the base plate in the third direction, wherein the first set of protrusions define a first adapter receiving area;
- a second adapter support comprising a second set of protrusions attached to and extending away from the base plate in the third direction, wherein the second set of protrusions define a second adapter receiving area, wherein the second adapter support is arranged at an adapter offset distance from the first adapter support measured in the first direction;
- a bottle fixing block arranged apart from the first adapter support and the second adapter support measured in the second direction, wherein the bottle fixing block comprises:
- a first bottle holding groove extending into the bottle fixing block in the third direction, wherein the first bottle holding groove defines a first bottle receiving area;
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- a second bottle holding groove extending into the bottle fixing block in the third direction, wherein the second bottle holding groove defines a second bottle receiving area wherein the second bottle holding groove is arranged at a groove offset distance from the first bottle holding groove measured in the first direction;
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- an elevation mechanism operatively attached to the base plate, wherein the elevation mechanism is moveable between an engaged state and a disengaged state, wherein, in the engaged state, the elevation mechanism positions the base plate at a first dimension relative to the bottle fixing block measured in the second direction, wherein, in the disengaged state, the elevation mechanism positions the base plate at a second dimension relative to the bottle fixing block measured in the second direction, wherein the first dimension is less than the second dimension.
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A collection kit jig, comprising:
- a base plate comprising a width measured in a horizontal direction, a height measured in a vertical direction, and a thickness measured in a thickness direction;
- a first adapter support comprising a first set of protrusions attached to and extending away from the base plate in the thickness direction, wherein the first set of protrusions define a first adapter receiving area;
- a second adapter support comprising a second set of protrusions attached to and extending away from the base plate in the thickness direction, wherein the second set of protrusions define a second adapter receiving area, wherein the second adapter support is arranged at an adapter offset distance from the first adapter support measured in the horizontal direction;
- a bottle fixing block arranged apart from the base plate, the first adapter support, and the second adapter support in the vertical direction, wherein the bottle fixing block comprises:
- a first bottle holding groove extending into the bottle fixing block in the thickness direction, wherein the first bottle holding groove defines a first bottle receiving area;
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- a second bottle holding groove extending into the bottle fixing block in the thickness direction, wherein the second bottle holding groove defines a second bottle receiving area wherein the second bottle holding groove is separated from the first bottle holding groove measured by a groove offset distance measured in the horizontal direction;
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- an elevation mechanism operatively attached to one of the base plate or the bottle fixing block, wherein the elevation mechanism is moveable between an engaged state and a disengaged state, wherein, in the engaged state, the base plate is arranged at a first dimension from the bottle fixing block measured in the vertical direction positioning a first adapter of a collection kit held in the first adapter receiving area in connection with a first culture bottle held in the first bottle receiving area and a second adapter of the collection kit held in the second adapter receiving area in connection with a second culture bottle held in the second bottle receiving area, wherein, in the disengaged state, the base plate is arranged at a second dimension from the bottle fixing block measured in the vertical direction positioning the first adapter of the collection kit held in the first adapter receiving area separate and apart from a first culture bottle held in the first bottle receiving area and positioning the second adapter of the collection kit held in the second adapter receiving area separate and apart from the second culture bottle held in the second bottle receiving area.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.