| 发明名称 | Sample collection tool | ||
| 摘要 | A sample collection tool comprises a collection end configured for collecting a sample. Optionally, the sample is collected from within a body cavity of an animal without causing significant discomfort or injury to the animal. A first handle portion has a first end connected to the collection end and a second end. A second handle portion is connected to the second end of the first handle portion by a breakable connection. The second end of the first handle portion has at least one winglet. The at least one winglet is compliant in a preferential direction. The breakable connection is ruptured at least in part when the at least one winglet is forced in the preferential direction. | ||
| 申请公布号 | US9072499(B2) | 申请公布日期 | 2015.07.07 |
| 申请号 | US201113637126 | 申请日期 | 2011.03.25 |
| 申请人 | DNA GENOTEK INC. | 发明人 | Birnboim H. Chaim;Sunstrum Roy;Jackson Adele;Iwasiow Rafal Michal;Graham Romeo;Muir Rod;Sirois Mike;Beach Michael;MacLean Ellen Joan;Panford-Walsh Rama Nadia |
| 分类号 | A61B10/00;A61B10/02;G01N1/02 | 主分类号 | A61B10/00 |
| 代理机构 | Lathrop & Gage LLP | 代理人 | Lathrop & Gage LLP ;Velema, Esq. James H. |
| 主权项 | 1. A sample collection tool comprising: a collection end; a first handle portion having a first end connected to the collection end and a second end, the first handle portion having a narrow section towards said first end forming a tip and a wide section towards said second end wherein said narrow section is narrower than said wide section; and a second handle portion connected to the second end of the first handle portion by a breakable connection, the second end of the first handle portion having at least one winglet, the at least one winglet being compliant in a preferential direction, the breakable connection being ruptured at least in part when the at least one winglet is forced in the preferential direction. | ||
| 地址 | Kanata CA | ||