Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
  • B01L—CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
  • B01L1/00—Enclosures; Chambers
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
  • A61B10/00—Other methods or instruments for diagnosis, e.g. instruments for taking a cell sample, for biopsy, for vaccination diagnosis; Sex determination; Ovulation-period determination; Throat striking implements
  • A61B10/0096—Casings for storing test samples
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
  • B01L—CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE
  • B01L2300/00—Additional constructional details
  • B01L2300/18—Means for temperature control
  • B01L2300/1894—Cooling means; Cryo cooling

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a device for collecting medical samples for temporary storage of said samples before analysis, in particular in the laboratory and an associated collection system.
• the invention is in the technical field of the collection of medical samples such as blood samples or urine samples for carrying out an analysis generally in a specialized laboratory, in the hospital or in a health center.
• the collection device may also be used for collecting other types of specimens, including the temperature of which must be controlled, or for the collection of drugs.
• the patient goes to the laboratory where the sample is taken.
• This first route is, technically, very satisfactory since on the one hand the sampling is carried out under optimal conditions and on the other hand the sample taken can be either stored in temperature controlled cabinets or analyzed directly.
• the second route used is home sampling or in any case outside the laboratory.
• This type of sampling poses significant logistical problems, traceability of the sample and guarantee of a quality analysis. Indeed, usually, the levy is organized by a health professional moving from home to home to make the samples. It is obvious that the health professional can not, after each sample taken, go to the laboratory to deliver the sample. In practice, the health professional, often a nurse, must record each time the taking of sampling and then take into account this schedule for delivery to the laboratory or pharmacy.
• a first object of the present invention is to solve all or part of the technical problems related to the aforementioned prior art.
• Another object of the present invention is to improve the sampling line, upstream of the laboratory analysis.
• Another object of the present invention is to allow traceability of samples upstream of the laboratory analysis.
• the present invention relates to a device for collecting medical samples for temporary storage of said samples before analysis, especially in the laboratory, comprising a collection box equipped with a deposit trap, able to receive said samples, according to the invention.
• collection device includes:
• the present invention also aims to protect a collection system comprising a set of collection devices associated with at least one so-called centralized control unit.
• FIG. 1 represents a schematic exemplary embodiment of a collection device according to the invention
• FIG. 2 is a schematic view in longitudinal section of the collection device of FIG.
• FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of an embodiment of FIG.
• FIG. 4 represents a schematic view of a collection system according to the invention
• FIG. 5 shows an embodiment of the electronic card of the collection device.
• the present invention aims at protecting a device for collecting medical samples for temporary storage of said samples before analysis, in particular in the laboratory.
• a collection device 1 comprising a collection box 2,
• the collection box 2 is fixed by securing means and advantageously on the ground by sealing a plate fixed to the base of said collection box 2.
• This collection device 1 fixed, advantageously part of a set of devices 1 arranged to mesh a territory around a laboratory.
• collection devices 1 should allow health professionals to submit samples in a rapid manner by limiting movement compared to patients while allowing easy collection by a laboratory technician.
• the objective is to reduce the total time between collection and analysis and even more the time between collection and deposit in a collection device 1.
• These collection devices 1 are thus advantageously arranged on the road in rural areas or in urban areas and in particular on major transport axes. In urban areas they can advantageously be arranged near health centers or pharmacies.
• a mobile collection device 1 of small size and can be transported by the health professional and for example in the trunk of his vehicle.
• the box 2 of the collection device 1 is equipped with a deposit trap 3.
• This stamp 3 allows the deposit of samples.
• this deposit trap 3 is not directly accessible but is located at the rear of the protective door 4.
• the deposit trap 3 is placed in line with a storage area
• This storage zone 5 comprises temperature control means 6 for keeping the samples in a determined temperature range, preferably between 15 and 25 degrees
• the temperature control means 6 comprise reversible air conditioning means 7 cooperating with insulation means 8 of the storage zone 5.
• These insulation means 8 consist essentially of insulating walls and watertight seals. level of traps to limit heat exchange with the outside of the storage area 5.
• the collection device 1 further comprises access control means 9.
• These access control means 9 of said deposit trap 3 allow the locking / unlocking of said hatch 3 and therefore allow or not the deposit of samples.
• the access control means 9 consist of a radiofrequency-type system without contact, in particular an RFID-type radio-frequency reader making it possible both to open the protective door 4 and the deposition door 3 provided with an electrically controlled lock,
• each licensed health professional has an RFID transmitter.
• the protective door 4 opens by means of the RFID transmitter, while the depositing hatch 3 opens after contact between the transmitter and a reader 10 placed behind the door 4.
• the depositing hatch 3 comprises means of connection with the protective door allowing the opening of the hatch during the opening.
• the door and return means for automatically closing said deposit door and in particular using a spring or a return cylinder.
• This being other embodiments of the hatch 3 are also conceivable and including a sliding door 3 between two positions or a pivoting flap with or without a return effect.
• the deposit trap 3 is directly accessible, that is to say that the collection device 1 does not have a protective door 4.
• access control it will be possible to perform access control to the using other means widely known to those skilled in the art in this field and for example using an alphanumeric keyboard and a code or with the help of a code transmitted by a wireless link from connected equipment such as smartphone or a voice recognition system or with a key.
• the collection device 1 further comprises processing means 1 1 samples collected in the box 2.
• processing means 11 may be partly offset in a control unit 12, shown in FIG. 4.
• This control unit 12 can be shared on several collection devices 1, the assembly forming a collection system 13.
• the collection device 1 comprises communication means 14 to the control unit 12, the latter comprising at least one part of the processing means 1 1.
• the processing means January 1 control the general operation of the collection device 1 whose general electronic diagram is shown schematically in Figure 5.
• the processing means January 1 comprise means for recording parameters relating to each sample such as, the identification, the nature of the sample, the storage temperature, the storage duration. In this way, the processing means 1 1 store the data relating to each sample which allows to manage the schedule of passage for the withdrawal of the samples.
• the recording means comprise a radio frequency recorder capable of communicating with a radiofrequency tag equipping the sample.
• the health professional attaches the label on the package containing the sample, this label that can be generated using an application includes various parameters such as identification of the patient, his affection, the identity of the professional the nature of the sample and the sampling schedule.
• these data are recorded by the recording means as well as the time of the deposit and the history of the temperatures in the storage zone and possibly the outside temperature. All these data make it possible to manage the logistics of the technician who comes to collect the samples and to determine his schedule of passage.
• the technician can follow a routine, modified by emergencies, following a withdrawal path of the collection device samples in collection device 1 to the laboratory. In another embodiment, the technician will move according to emergencies and routes to be completed and the filling of the collection devices 1.
• the processing means 1 1 also comprise means of alert towards the control unit according to parameters related to the storage of samples and / or the operating state of said box.
• the deposit of the samples by the health professional is both easy and secure, once the professional identified, the deposit trap 3 opens and the professional drops the sample through the hatch 3, After a delay the hatch deposit 3 closes, the collection operation is complete.
• the removal operation by the laboratory technician is also easy.
• the latter has a withdrawal hatch 16, allowing it, preferably after identification, to remove all the stored samples.
• the retaining net 15 is removably attached to a frame 17.
• the technician to recover the samples, detaches the net 15 containing the samples and either empty the latter in a receptacle for the transport of samples, or keep the net 15 and has another in the collection device 1.
• the collection device 1 thus constituted, as well as the associated collection system 13 therefore allows improved management of the samples allowing better management of the samples, thereby improving the patient's care, the health professional's burden. and the quality of laboratory analysis.
• the collection device 1 is autonomous in energy using photocells, however other power supplies, battery or sectors are also possible or a combination of these solutions.
• the collection device 1 may comprise several storage areas 3 with each deposit hit, each zone 3 may in particular be dedicated to a type of sample taken.
• the collecting device 1 will comprise a hatch serving both as a deposit trap and as a withdrawal hatch.
• the access control means 9 are used both for access to the deposit trap 3 and withdrawal.

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