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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2016
Tecniplast S.p.a., Buguggiate, IT;
Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen Deutsches Forschungszentrum Fur Gesundheit Und Umwelt (Gmbh), Neuherberg, DE;
Markus Brielmeier, Garching, DE;
Wolfgang Nagel, München, DE;
Julia Zorn, München, DE;
Alfredo Campiotti, II, Buguggiate, IT;
Gianpaolo Milite, Udine, IT;
Carmelo Di Martino, Gallarate, IT;
TECNIPLAST S.P.A., Buguggiate, IT;
HELMHOLTZ ZENTRUM MÜNCHEN DEUTSCHES FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM FÜR GESUNDHEIT UND UMWELT (GMBH), Neuherberg, DE;
Abstract
The present invention concerns a device for improved hygienic monitoring of individually ventilated caging (IVC) rack systems for laboratory animals and method for contamination-free removal of biological samples from unwanted organisms from the IVC-rack system. The device allows the performance of sampling operations on a ventilated shelving system in a safe and effective manner, without interfering with the ventilation air flow. The method of the invention allows the removal and transfer of the biological sample from inside the IVC-rack in a contamination-free manner by enabling a safe transfer of the sample from inside the IVC-rack system to any further processing procedure for analysis of the biological sample outside the IVC-rack system. It is also an object of the present invention to provide a device which is adapted to be used also on existing ventilated shelving systems, allowing the refitting of existing IVC-rack systems.