Culture and transport assembly for percutaneous access device

摘要

A culture and transport assembly for enclosing a percutaneous access device within a sealed outer container to maintain the device under sterile conditions during transport while accommodating culturing of a coating of dermal cells on a portion of the device while the device is retained within the container. The container has a removable cap to which a culture well body is attached. The percutaneous access device is releasably clamped between the bottom of the body and an underlying platform with a portion of the device projecting into a bore in the body. When the device is so clamped, the bore constituted a sealed culture chamber in which the dermal cell culturing procedure may be performed by introducing cells and culturing solutions into the chamber via fluid passages extending from the chamber to connectors accessible at the exterior of the cap.