US 11,701,660 B2
Specimen sample collection device with buffer-containing cap
Serhat Pala, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to Clinical Reference Laboratory, Inc., Lenexa, KS (US)
Appl. No. 17/423,448
Filed by Clinical Reference Laboratoy Inc., Lenexa, KS (US)
PCT Filed Jul. 27, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/043791
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 15, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/021764, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/879,437, filed on Jul. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0143601 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. B01L 3/00 (2006.01); B65D 51/28 (2006.01)
CPC B01L 3/50825 (2013.01) [B65D 51/2835 (2013.01); B01L 2200/16 (2013.01); B01L 2300/044 (2013.01); B01L 2300/047 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0672 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for use with a saliva collection device having a collection reservoir, the system comprising:
a base having a neck extending from the base;
a film-puncture element disposed within the neck wherein the neck is radially disposed around each portion of the film-puncture element, wherein the film-puncture element comprises one or more puncture points and further wherein the film-puncture element comprises a slot extending along a side of the film-puncture element, wherein the slot is configured to communicate at least a portion of the preservation buffer toward the one or more fluid ports;
one or more fluid ports extending through the base within the neck; and
a cap engaged with an exterior of the neck, the cap comprising a film attached about an inner cylinder of the cap along a periphery thereof;
wherein the film defines a buffer-containing cavity within the cap, and
wherein the buffer-containing cavity is configured to hold a preservation buffer for preserving a sample stored within the collection reservoir of the saliva collection device.