METHOD FOR COLLECTING AND/OR DEPOSITING A SAMPLE OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL, AND DEVICE IMPLEMENTING SAID METHOD

摘要

The present invention relates to a method for collecting the entirety or a portion of a sample (11) of a raw, enriched, or cultivated biological material (7) in contact with a culture medium (8), for example gelose, for example in a Petri dish, using a probe (3) provided with one termination end (4), said sampling method including the steps of cooling the termination end (4) of the probe (3), adhering the entirety or a portion of the sample (11) of biological material (7) to be collected by contacting or by applying a pressure exerted by the termination end (4) on the sample (11) of biological material (7), and collecting the entirety or a portion of the sample (11) of biological material (7) in order to separate the sample (11) of biological material (7) from the culture medium (8). The invention also relates to a method for depositing, in a container (9) or on an analysis slide (14), the entirety or a portion of a sample (11) of a biological material (7) adhered to one frosted termination end (4) of a probe, said deposition method comprising a step of separating the termination end (4) from the probe (3) and from the entirety or part of the sample (11) of biological material (7). The invention further relates to a device (2), kit, and apparatus (1) implementing said methods.