Container system for releasably storing a substance
AssigneeDna Genotek Inc.
InventorsRod Muir, Derek Kirkland, Ian Curry, Roy Sunstrum, Paul Lem, H. Chaim Birnboim
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Abstract
The present invention provides a container system for releasably storing a substance. The container system includes a vial having a sample storage chamber and a piercing member for piercing a membrane in the lid, which membrane seals a substance within a reservoir in the lid until the membrane is pierced by the piercing member. The container system optionally includes a funnel. There is also provided a method and kit for use of such a container system.
Claims50
A container system for releasably storing a substance, comprising:
- a) a vial comprising a first open end for receiving a sample, a second end comprising a sample storage chamber and a piercing member, wherein said piercing member comprises a side wall, a first cutting edge extending from a first pointed corner to a second corner that defines the intersection between said cutting edge and said side wall;
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- b) a lid configured to removably engage said vial, said lid comprising a reservoir for holding the substance, and a pierceable membrane sealing the substance within said reservoir,
- wherein, when said system is closed by removable engagement of said vial with said lid, said vial and said lid are movable to a piercing position in which the piercing member disrupts the pierceable membrane to allow fluid communication between said reservoir and said chamber, wherein the chamber is sealed against leakage to the outside of the container system in the piercing position.
A container system for releasably storing a substance, comprising:
- a) a vial comprising a chamber for retaining a sample
- b) a lid comprising a reservoir for holding the substance, and a pierceable membrane sealing the substance within said reservoir;
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- c) a funnel comprising a first open end for receiving said sample, a piercing member and a channel extending from said first open end to a second open end and being in fluid communication with said chamber, said funnel being removably attachable to said lid at said first open end and releasably or permanently attached to said vial at said second end, wherein said piercing member comprises a side wall, and a first cutting edge extending from a first pointed corner to a second corner that defines the intersection between said cutting edge and said side wall;
- wherein, when said system is closed by removable attachment of said lid to said funnel, said system is movable to a piercing position in which the piercing member disrupts the pierceable membrane to allow fluid communication between said reservoir and said chamber, via said channel, wherein the chamber is sealed against leakage to the outside of the container system in the piercing position.
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