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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2014
Applicant:
Snpshot Trustee Limited, Auckland, NZ;
Inventors:
Michael Stuart Gardner, Auckland, NZ;
Roy Victor Bladen, Auckland, NZ;
Assignee:
SNPSHOT TRUSTEE LIMITED, Auckland, NZ;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 10/02 (2006.01); A01K 11/00 (2006.01); A61B 10/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 10/0266 (2013.01); A01K 11/00 (2013.01); A01K 11/003 (2013.01); A01K 11/006 (2013.01); A61B 10/0096 (2013.01); A61B 10/0283 (2013.01); A61B 2010/0208 (2013.01); A61B 2010/0225 (2013.01); A61B 2090/081 (2016.02); A61B 2503/40 (2013.01); A61B 2562/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A storage container to receive and store a biopsy sample of an organism, held by a biopsy sample collector, the storage container comprising a container body defining a containment region with an open end, and a container cap removably located at the open end to seal the containment region, the cap including a passage that is closed by a closure that is able to be ruptured to allow a biopsy sample retaining biopsy sample collector to thereat enter the containment region so that the sample can be stored in the containment region and the sample collector can seal the passage.