Kit including planar sample carrier with absorbent membrane layer and box

Inventors

Pfeiffer, Thomas • Proost, Stephan • Honold, Lisa

Assignees

Euroimmun Medizinische Labordiagnostika AG

Abstract

A kit or set including a planar sample carrier having an absorbent membrane layer suitable for absorbing liquid blood components is provided, and wherein at least a portion of the blood components is able to dry in the membrane layer, wherein the sample carrier is additionally provided on an outer side with an optically readable code, additionally including a closable cuboidal box having a bottom surface that has a rectangular base surface and that additionally has a first opening, additionally including a planar receiving element having a base surface that corresponds to the base surface of the bottom surface, wherein the receiving element has a second opening and a holder that together are designed such that, on mounting the sample carrier in the holder and subsequently inserting the receiving element into the box on the bottom surface of the box, the optical code is visible through the first opening in the bottom surface and also through the second opening in the receiving element.

Core Innovation

A blood sampling kit is described that includes a planar dried-blood spot sample carrier comprising an absorbent membrane layer suitable for absorbing liquid blood components, wherein at least a portion of the blood components is able to dry in the absorbent membrane layer. The planar sample carrier has an outer side comprising an optically readable code that remains present on the carrier.

The kit further includes a closable cuboidal box having a bottom surface comprising a rectangular base surface and a first opening. A separate planar receiving element is provided with a separate holder for the planar sample carrier, and the holder permits a mechanically reversible mounting of the planar sample carrier such that the planar sample carrier may be removed from the holder without mechanical damage.

The planar receiving element has a base surface that corresponds to the rectangular base surface of the bottom surface and a second opening. The first opening and the second opening are designed such that, on mounting the sample carrier in the holder and subsequently inserting the receiving element into the cuboidal box on the bottom surface, the optically readable code is visible through the first opening and also through the second opening, enabling optical readability of the code without removing the planar sample carrier from the cuboidal box.

Claims Coverage

One independent claim is identified, directed to a kit comprising three inventive features: a planar DBS sample carrier with an absorbent membrane and an optically readable code, a closable cuboidal box, and a separate planar receiving element configured to support mechanically reversible mounting and code visibility through aligned openings.

Across the identified independent claim, the scope centers on a kit including a planar dried-blood spot carrier with an absorbent membrane and an outer optically readable code, a closable cuboidal box with a bottom rectangular base surface and a first opening, and a separate planar receiving element with a holder that mechanically reversibly mounts the carrier without mechanical damage, where aligned openings keep the code visible during insertion into the box.

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