In one configuration, a urine sampler comprises a hollow, cylindrical main stick body that is closed at least at one end and has a plurality of urine collection apertures formed in the wall thereof and, in another, comprises a urine collector having a long rod-shaped handle, a urine collection member constituted continuously with the handle and provided with urine collection apertures and a urine accumulator constituted continuously with the base of the urine collection member, and a urine storage capsule having a cutter for cutting a portion of the urine collector, a urine container for receiving urine flowing in from the urine collector and a lid. In the second configuration, the urine collector and the urine storage capsule are separate units. The urine sampler of either configuration is compact and extremely easy to use for collecting a urine sample of the minimum required quantity and, moreover, enables the collected sample to be safely transferred without spilling.
An appliance for collecting a slight amount of a humor includes a sheath, a humor collection member being slidably inserted into the sheath and having a humor collection part that is formed at a front end thereof and can be cut, and a cylindrical member accommodates a cut piece of the humor collection part which has collected a humor, and a humor collection container installed on the cylindrical member and collecting the humor discharged from the cut piece of the humor collection part by a centrifugal operation with the humor collection container installed on the cylindrical member.
A sampling device includes a cylindrical tube having a smaller diameter portion in which a plunger is mounted for sliding sealing movement. The inner end of the cylinder is sealed from the interior of the tube by a rupturable element, and the plunger has sharp end edge which will rupture the sealing element when the plunger is depressed. The outer end of the plunger is formed with a series of grooves capable of retaining a sample. Depression of the plunger breaks the sealing element and carries the sample into the tube to test its reaction with a reagent previously sealed in the tube. The end of the plunger remote from the sealing element forms a seal in the cylinder. A generally similar arrangement at the opposite end of the tube allows a second reagent to be added to the reagent in the tube.
This invention relates to a specimen handling device for collecting, storing, processing and dispensing of samples. The invention provides for the collection of specimens from any solid or semi-solid material, including biological samples, food samples, waste samples or soil samples.
An appliance for collecting a slight amount of a humor includes a sheath, a humor collection member being slidably inserted into the sheath and having a humor collection part that is formed at a front end thereof and can be cut, and a cylindrical member accommodates a cut piece of the humor collection part which has collected a humor, and a humor collection container installed on the cylindrical member and collecting the humor discharged from the cut piece of the humor collection part by a centrifugal operation with the humor collection container installed on the cylindrical member.
A cylindrical vessel body 20 has an end opened. A urine taking cap 50 comprises a fitting cylinder section 51 which can be freely fitted in tight contact with the opened end of the vessel body 20, a urine sampling cylinder section 52 connected to the fitting cylinder section 51 and having a urine sampling inlet 5b opened thereon, and a grip section 53 connected to an outer end of the urine sampling cylinder section 52. In addition, a cover cylinder 30 has an end opened, the opened end being capable of being fitted in tight contact with a tapered face 5e of the urine sampling cylinder section 52 in the state in which the vessel body 20 having the urine taking cap 50 attached thereto is inserted. A ring protrusion 55 is formed on an outer peripheral face of a connecting portion of the urine sampling cylinder section 52 and the grip section 53, and the grip section 53 can be freely extended axially by an extension cylinder 5g.
