Systems, devices, and methods for bodily fluid sample transport

Patent Number: 9386948

Patent Date: 2016-07-12

Patent type: utility

Bodily fluid sample transport systems, devices, and method are provided. In at least one embodiment described herein, methods are provided for the physical transport of small volumes of bodily fluid in liquid form from one location to another location. By way of nonlimiting example, the samples are collected in liquid form at a collection site, transported in liquid form, and arrive at an analysis site in liquid form. In many embodiments, the liquid form during transport is not held in a porous matrix, wicking material, webbing, or similar material that prevents sample for being extracted in liquid form at the destination site. In one embodiment, small volume of sample in each sample vessel is in the range of about 1 ml to about 1 microliter.

Inventors

First Name Last Name City State Country
Daniel A. Young - - -
Michael Changcheng Chen - - -
Elizabeth A. Holmes - - -
Clarissa Lui - - -

IPCs

Section Class Sub Class Group Sub Group
A 61 B 5 00
A 61 B 5 15
A 61 B 5 154
B 01 L 9 06

Assignee

Organization First Name Last Name City State Country
Theranos, Inc. - - - - -