KR101284703B1

KR101284703B1 - Safe transport medium for microorganism

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Publication number: KR101284703B1
Application number: KR1020100069402A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 박승범
Original assignee: (주)오성엔지니어링
Priority date: 2010-07-19
Filing date: 2010-07-19
Publication date: 2013-07-11
Also published as: KR20120008600A

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mechanism capable of collecting and transporting a sample, the microbial transport medium container is a sampling table having a sampling unit for collecting the sample on one side; A head cap to which the other side of the harvesting table is fixedly coupled; A container having one side open to the entrance and the other side closed, the container accommodating the collection side of the collection table in an inner space, and having a medium at a portion where the collection side is located; And a contact preventing member for preventing the collecting part from contacting the medium of the collecting stand. It includes, the head cap is characterized in that can be coupled to one side of the container, thereby providing a technology for the user to efficiently collect and transport the specimen.
According to the present invention, the stopper is combined with a plastic tube and disposable cotton swab is integrally packaged, thereby increasing the convenience of the user to collect the sample to improve the efficiency of the collection process.
In addition, by removing the contact preventing member after the collection of the sample and directly coupling the head cap and the container, there is an effect of minimizing the loss of the sample by inserting the sample into the medium at a time.
On the other hand, by removing the additional components that the microbial transport medium container can simplify the manufacturing process contributes to the improvement of productivity, there is an effect that can be supplied at a low cost by reducing the manufacturing cost according to the simplified process.
In addition, since one or two sampling tables may be selectively fixed to a hole formed on one side of the head cap, there is a convenient effect of simultaneously inspecting one or two items with one specimen transport container.

Description

Microbial transport medium container {SAFE TRANSPORT MEDIUM FOR MICROORGANISM}

The present invention relates to a device capable of collecting and transporting a specimen.

In general, it is important to perform the test in the laboratory immediately after the sample collection to derive the accurate test result of the sample. If there is a problem with the sampling or transport method, the identification of the causative organism may be unsuccessful or only contaminants may be cultured. If the laboratory fails to inspect the specimen immediately, the specimen should be kept in a suitable environment and transported to an area where it can be examined. The method used for the preservation and transportation of the sample uses various transportation devices such as special containers and cylinders sterilized according to the type of the sample and the culture environment of the transported bacteria. Commercially available media containers consisting of sterile disposable swabs are mainly used.

However, the conventional transport medium container has been provided to the user in a separately packaged plastic stopper combined with a plastic tube containing a medium and a disposable swab. If the package of the plastic plug combined with the disposable swab is opened and left for a long time, there is a problem that the contact portion of the swab exposed to the outside may be contaminated by various bacteria.

Therefore, the conventional transport medium container has to open the packaging of the stopper combined with the disposable plastic swab and the plastic tube containing the medium immediately before collecting the sample, it required more time and effort to the user in the process of collecting the sample.

In order to solve the above problems of the prior art, another conventional technology, "one-touch sample transport medium container" has been proposed (see Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-0494571). However, the conventional "one-touch specimen transport medium container" requires a component such as a grip part, a grip cap, and an adapter in addition to the cotton swab assembly and the transparent tube constituting the transport medium container. There is a problem that the manufacturing cost is increased and the productivity of the assembly process is lowered.

In addition, the disposable cotton swab of the conventional transport medium container is coupled to only one per plastic stopper, there is a problem that you need to purchase a set of transport medium container as many times as the number of samples when collecting one or more samples.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a technique for a user to efficiently collect and transport a specimen.

In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, a microbial transport medium container includes a collecting table having a sampling unit capable of collecting a sample on one side; A head cap to which the other side of the collecting stand is fixedly coupled; A container having one side open to the entrance and the other side closed, the container accommodating the collection side of the collection table in an inner space, and having a medium at a portion where the collection side is located; And a contact preventing member for preventing the collecting part from contacting the medium of the collecting stand. It includes, The head cap is characterized in that it can be coupled to one side of the container.

In addition, the contact preventing member is tubular, one side is characterized in that coupled to the head cap and the other side is coupled to one side of the container.

And, if the head cap is directly coupled to one side of the container, the collection unit is characterized in that the contact with the medium.

In addition, the collecting portion is characterized in that a plurality of collection.

On the other hand, the microbial transport medium container is a filler provided to be filled with a liquid medium to prevent the liquid medium is provided in the container flow; And further comprising:

As described above, according to the present invention, the stopper combined with the plastic tube and the disposable cotton swab is integrally packaged, thereby increasing the convenience of the user for collecting the sample and improving the efficiency of the collecting process.

By removing the contact preventing member after collecting the sample and directly coupling the head cap and the container, there is an effect of minimizing the loss of the sample by inserting the sample into the medium at a time.

By eliminating the additional components that the microbial transport medium container can have a simplified manufacturing process contributes to the improvement of productivity, there is an effect that can be supplied at a low cost by reducing the manufacturing cost according to the simplified process.

Since one or two sampling stand can be fixed selectively to a hole formed on one side of the head cap, there is a convenient effect that can simultaneously inspect one or two items with one sample transport container.

1 is a perspective view of a microbial transport medium container.
2 is an exploded perspective view of the microbial transport medium container.
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA ′ of FIG. 2.
Figure 4 is a perspective view of a microbial transport medium container according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which the technical parts already known will be omitted or compressed for simplicity of explanation.

1 shows a microbial transport medium container 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, the microbial transport medium container 100 is largely the head cap 110, the contact preventing member 120, the collecting table 130, Container 140 and the like.

Head cap 110 is a cylindrical tube, is located at the top of the microbial transport medium container (100). The upper end of the head cap 110 is closed in the form of a sphere, it is possible to prevent the introduction of contaminants into the microbial transport medium container (100). Unevenness is formed along the outer circumferential surface of the head cap 110, so that the user separates the head cap 110 from the contact preventing member 120 or the head cap 110 is coupled to the container 140. At the time, due to the friction force formed between the user's hand and the outer circumferential surface, the separation and coupling of the head cap 110 can be made smoothly. In addition, the head cap 110 may be made of a component of the synthetic resin series.

Contact preventing member 120 is a cylindrical tube located between the head cap 110 and the container 140, it is possible to prevent the direct coupling of the head cap 110 and the container 140. That is, when the contact preventing member 120 is located between the head cap 110 and the container 140, the collecting portion 131 of the collecting table 130 that is bound inside the head cap 110 is the container 140 ) May not be in contact with the medium 141. In addition, the contact preventing member 120 may be made of a component of the synthetic resin series.

Sampling table 130 is a synthetic resin rod, the upper end is fixed to the inside of the head cap 110, the lower end is attached to the collecting portion 131.

The collecting unit 131 is composed of sterilized cotton wool, and is located at the lower end of the collecting table 130.

The container 140 is a cylindrical tube with one end closed, and may include a semi-solid or liquid medium 141 therein. In addition, the outer surface of the container 140 is preferably made of a transparent synthetic resin series to confirm that the collecting unit 131 is in contact with the medium 141 after the collection of the specimen.

The medium 141 located at the lower end of the container 140 may be generally Carry & Blair type, Amies Transport medium (without Charcoal) type, Amies Transport medium (with Charcoal) type, Stuart's Transport medium type, etc. If necessary, it can be produced in liquid or semi-solid form.

On the other hand, when the liquid medium is contained in the container 140, since the leakage of the medium 141 due to shaking during the transport of the microbial transport medium container 100 is concerned, the filler 142 that can fill the liquid medium is It may be included with the medium 141.

Figure 2 shows a microbial transport medium container 100 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the protrusion formed on the lower end of the head cap 110 to couple and fix the head cap 110 and the contact preventing member 120 Play a role. At this time, the outer circumferential surface of the protruding portion of the head cap 110 is formed in the form of a screw thread or a protrusion, it can be coupled correspondingly with the screw thread or groove formed on the inner wall of the upper end of the contact preventing member 120.

The protrusion formed at the lower end of the contact preventing member 120 serves to couple and fix the contact preventing member 120 and the container 140. At this time, the outer circumferential surface of the protrusion of the contact preventing member 120 is formed in the shape of a screw or a protrusion, it can be coupled correspondingly with the screw or groove formed on the inner wall of the upper end of the container 140.

3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA ′ of the head cap 110. The outer circumferential surface of the head cap 110 is configured in the form of a continuous groove. The continuous groove forms a frictional force upon contact with the user's hand to prevent the head cap 110 between the user's operation from slipping on the hand. Therefore, the head cap 110 is easily separated or combined from the microbial transport medium container 100.

In addition, the hole formed in the head cap 110 constitutes a space so that the collecting table 130 can be coupled and fixed. Therefore, considering the internal space of the head cap 110, a plurality of holes may be formed as necessary.

The protrusions continuously formed along the circumference of the hole in the head cap 110 form a frictional force with the contact surface of the collecting stand 130 when the collecting table 130 is coupled to the hole, so that the collecting table 130 is the head. The cap 110 may be prevented from being separated from the cap 110.

4 is a view illustrating a state in which the contact preventing member 120 is removed from the combined state of the first head cap 110, the contact preventing member 120, and the container 140 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. If the contact preventing member 120, which is coupled to the head cap 110, is removed and the head cap 110 is coupled to the container 140, between the collecting part 131 and the medium 141 shown in FIG. The spaced distance may be reduced so that the collecting unit 131 may contact the medium 141.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments. And the scope of the present invention should be understood as the following claims and their equivalents.

100: microbial transport medium container
110: head cap
120: contact preventing member
130: harvesting table
131: collecting part
140: container
141: badge
142: filling material

Claims

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A sampling stage having a sampling unit for collecting a sample on one side;
A head cap to which the other side of the harvesting table is fixedly coupled;
A container having one side open to the entrance and the other side closed, the container accommodating the collection side of the collection table in an inner space, and having a medium at a portion where the collection side is located;
A contact preventing member for preventing the collecting portion from contacting the medium of the collecting stand; And
Filler provided to be filled with the liquid medium to prevent the liquid medium provided in the container from flowing; Including but not limited to:
The head cap is coupled to one side of the container, the head cap is coupled to the thread or groove formed on the inner wall of the upper end of the contact preventing member or the head cap to be coupled correspondingly to the thread or groove formed on the inner wall of the upper end of the container The outer circumferential surface of the protrusion formed at the lower end of the thread is formed in the shape of a thread or a projection,
The outer circumferential surface of the head cap is configured in the form of a continuous groove to facilitate separation or coupling of the head cap from the container,
The head cap is continuously formed along the circumference of the hole in the head cap so as not to be separated from the head cap to form a friction force with the contact surface of the table,
The contact preventing member has a tubular shape, one side is coupled to the head cap and the other side is coupled to one side of the container, the contact preventing member is coupled and fixed corresponding to the thread or groove formed on the inner wall of the upper end of the container The outer circumferential surface of the protrusion formed on the lower end of the contact preventing member is formed in the form of a screw thread or a protrusion,
When the protrusion formed on the lower end of the head cap is directly coupled to the inner wall of the upper end of the container, the collecting portion is in contact with the medium,
The top of the head cap is closed in the form of a sphere,
The outer diameter of each of the outer peripheral surface of the head cap, the contact preventing member and the container is characterized in that the same
Microbial transport medium containers.

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