Exhalation sample collector and respiratory virus detection method using the same

• Main Authors: OH CHANGKYU, LEE JAE HO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Korean
• Published: 21.11.2022
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR; CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL ORENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES; DIAGNOSIS; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES, NUCLEICACIDS OR MICROORGANISMS; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS; SPIRITS; SURGERY; VINEGAR; WINE

The present invention relates to an exhalation sample collector, which is useful for collecting a sample for diagnosing respiratory virus infection. The present invention also relates to a method for collecting a sample from an individual suspected of being infected with a respiratory virus using a specific exhalation sample collector. The exhalation sample collector includes: a main body; a sample collection solution; an inner cap; an inlet pipe immersed in the sample collection solution inside the main body; and an outlet formed in the inner cap to discharge exhaled breath introduced through the inlet pipe to the outside. 본 발명은 호흡기 바이러스의 감염 여부를 진단하기 위한 검체를 채취하는데 유용한 날숨 검체 포집장치에 관한 것이다. 본 발명은 또한 특정 날숨 검체 포집장치를 이용한 호흡기 바이러스의 감염이 의심되는 개체로부터 검체를 채취하는 방법에 관한 것이다.