APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MAINTAINING STERILITY OF A SPECIMEN CONTAINER

    公开(公告)号:EP3344213A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-11

    申请号:EP16843182.3

    申请日:2016-09-06

    IPC分类号: A61J1/20

    摘要: An apparatus includes a fluid reservoir, a sterilization member, and a transfer adapter. The sterilization member operably couples to the fluid reservoir. The sterilization member is configured to be transitioned between a first configuration, in which the sterilization member obstructs an inlet surface of the fluid reservoir and maintains the inlet surface in a substantially sterile environment, and a second configuration, in which the inlet surface is unobstructed. The transfer adapter is configured to be placed in fluid communication with a portion of a patient. The transfer adapter is configured to move relative to the sterilization member from a first position to a second position such that a surface of the transfer adapter contacts the sterilization member to transition the sterilization member to the second configuration. The fluid reservoir is placed in fluid communication with the transfer adapter when the transfer adapter is in the second position.

    SYSTEM FOR MAINTAINING STERILITY OF A SPECIMEN CONTAINER

    公开(公告)号:EP4249119A2

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-27

    申请号:EP23173044.1

    申请日:2016-09-06

    IPC分类号: B01L3/00

    摘要: An apparatus includes a fluid reservoir, a sterilization member, and a transfer adapter. The sterilization member operably couples to the fluid reservoir. The sterilization member is configured to be transitioned between a first configuration, in which the sterilization member obstructs an inlet surface of the fluid reservoir and maintains the inlet surface in a substantially sterile environment, and a second configuration, in which the inlet surface is unobstructed. The transfer adapter is configured to be placed in fluid communication with a portion of a patient. The transfer adapter is configured to move relative to the sterilization member from a first position to a second position such that a surface of the transfer adapter contacts the sterilization member to transition the sterilization member to the second configuration. The fluid reservoir is placed in fluid communication with the transfer adapter when the transfer adapter is in the second position.

    SYSTEM FOR MAINTAINING STERILITY OF A SPECIMEN CONTAINER

    公开(公告)号:EP4249119A3

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-29

    申请号:EP23173044.1

    申请日:2016-09-06

    摘要: An apparatus includes a fluid reservoir, a sterilization member, and a transfer adapter. The sterilization member operably couples to the fluid reservoir. The sterilization member is configured to be transitioned between a first configuration, in which the sterilization member obstructs an inlet surface of the fluid reservoir and maintains the inlet surface in a substantially sterile environment, and a second configuration, in which the inlet surface is unobstructed. The transfer adapter is configured to be placed in fluid communication with a portion of a patient. The transfer adapter is configured to move relative to the sterilization member from a first position to a second position such that a surface of the transfer adapter contacts the sterilization member to transition the sterilization member to the second configuration. The fluid reservoir is placed in fluid communication with the transfer adapter when the transfer adapter is in the second position.

    SYSTEM FOR MAINTAINING STERILITY OF A SPECIMEN CONTAINER

    公开(公告)号:EP3733067A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-11-04

    申请号:EP20167572.5

    申请日:2016-09-06

    摘要: A system for procuring bodily-fluid samples with reduced contamination from microbes exterior to the bodily-fluid source, the system comprising a lumen-defining device configured to be placed in fluid communication with a patient; a handle (810) having an internal fluid reservoir (819) disposed within the handle and an actuator (847) configured to be transitioned from a first configuration to a second configuration to place the lumen-defining device in fluid communication with the internal fluid reservoir; an adapter (846) configured to be coupled to a coupler (813) of the handle, the adapter at least temporarily coupled to a sample reservoir (840A, 840B) such that an inlet surface of the sample reservoir is disposed within the adapter; and a sterilization member (850) at least temporarily coupled to the adapter such that the inlet surface of the sample reservoir is maintained in a substantially sterile environment collectively defined by the adapter and the sterilization member prior to the adapter being coupled to the coupler of the handle, the sterilization member being at least partially removed from the adapter when the adapter is coupled to the coupler to allow fluid communication between the internal fluid reservoir and the sample reservoir in response to actuation of the coupler.