BODILY-FLUID SAMPLING AND TRANSFER DEVICE

• Main Authors: EUBANKS, Shannon E, BULLINGTON, Gregory J, GAW, Shan E, PATTON, Richard G, MIAZGA, Jay M
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 21.09.2022
• Subjects: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; SURGERY

A bodily fluid transfer device (200), the transfer device comprising: a housing (210) defining an inner volume in fluid communication with an inlet port (213), the inlet port configured to receive bodily-fluid from a patient; and an actuator mechanism (220) disposed in the inner volume of the housing and configured to be transitioned from a first configuration to a second configuration to allow an initial volume of body fluid to flow into a pre-sample reservoir (260) in a portion of the actuator mechanism, after the initial volume is in the pre-sample reservoir, the actuator mechanism configured to be transitioned from the second configuration to a third configuration to allow a subsequent volume of bodily fluid to flow into a sample reservoir (270) outside of the actuator mechanism; when the subsequent volume of bodily fluid is in the sample reservoir, the transfer device configured to receive a portion of an external fluid reservoir to allow at least a portion of the subsequent volume of bodily fluid to flow from the sample reservoir to the external fluid reservoir via an outlet port (214) separate from the inlet port (213).