Device For Taking And Processing A Sample
Patent No. EP2720616 (titled "Device For Taking And Processing A Sample") was filed by Dino on Jun 14, 2011. The application was issued on Feb 24, 2021.
Patent Summary
A sample processing device, specifically for stool, comprises an accommodating tube with a liquid-filled mixing chamber and a hollow, open-ended sampling rod. The rod features a capillary sampling chamber formed by projecting blades. An ejecting plunger, consisting of a head part, a conically expanded portion, and a constant-diameter straight portion, forms the sampling chamber's bottom. The head part is sealingly guided in a first channel, while the plunger portions are sealingly guided in a second channel tapered toward the sampling chamber. The head part is repositionable along the first channel to displace the plunger's distal end into the mixing chamber, ejecting the sample. The device enables qualitative and quantitative determination of substances across varying sample consistencies, from liquid to very solid.
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Date
Description
EP2720616
- Application Number
- EP11758105A
- Filing Date
- Jun 14, 2011
- Status
- Opposition Rejected
- Jun 16, 2023
- Publication Date
- Feb 24, 2021
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