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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
May. 14, 2010
Christopher S. Ronsick, Durham, NC (US);
Mark S. Wilson, Hillsborough, NC (US);
Ronnie J. Robinson, St. Charles, MO (US);
John Walsh, Durham, NC (US);
Jones M. Hyman, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Christopher S. Ronsick, Durham, NC (US);
Mark S. Wilson, Hillsborough, NC (US);
Ronnie J. Robinson, St. Charles, MO (US);
John Walsh, Durham, NC (US);
Jones M. Hyman, Wake Forest, NC (US);
BIOMERIEUX, INC., Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
A sampling device for a specimen container having a closure sealing the interior of the specimen container from the environment includes a needle, a body coupled to the needle and defining a chamber in fluid communication with the needle, the body further comprising a port forming an opening in the body, the port in fluid communication with the chamber. A multitude of the sampling devices may be stored in a cassette. The sampling devices may include a second chamber for separation and concentration of a microbial agent present in a sample. In this configuration second chamber is connected to the first chamber via a valve or the like.