Exhaled breath condensate collection device and a kit of parts therefor

Inventors

Moschos, Sterghios A. • Kale, Izzet

Assignees

Pulmobiomed Ltd • University of Westminster

Abstract

A kit of parts for an exhaled breath condensate collection device. The kit comprises an assembly including a mouthpiece module. The kit further comprises a collection vessel configured to be cooled in use and configured for insertion into the assembly. The collection vessel defines a sealed and resealable chamber for collecting exhaled breath condensate in use. The collection vessel has a vessel breath inlet for admitting exhaled breath into the chamber. The kit of parts is configured such that the collection vessel is removable from the device in a sample containment configuration in which the collection vessel chamber is resealed. One or more parts of the kit of parts is configured and/or operable such that the collection vessel is caused to be resealed into the sample containment configuration after sample collection before the collection vessel is fully removed from the device.

Core Innovation

The invention provides a kit of parts for an exhaled breath condensate collection device. The kit includes a mouthpiece module defining a breath passageway with a mouthpiece breath inlet port for receiving exhaled breath and a mouthpiece breath outlet port in use, and a collection vessel configured to be cooled in use and defining a chamber for collecting exhaled breath condensate in use.

The chamber comprises a sealable and resealable vessel breath inlet for admitting exhaled breath into the chamber in use. The vessel breath inlet is sealed prior to preparation for use, and the collection vessel comprises a resealing mechanism configured to reseal the collection vessel.

The kit is configured for combination into an assembly having a sample collection configuration and a sample containment configuration. In the sample collection configuration, the collection vessel is inserted into the assembly and the vessel breath inlet is unsealed to allow fluid communication with the mouthpiece breath outlet port of the mouthpiece module.

In the sample containment configuration, the chamber of the collection vessel is resealed and removed in a sealed configuration from the assembly. One or more parts of the kit cause the resealing mechanism to reseal the collection vessel in the sample containment configuration after sample collection before the collection vessel is fully removed from the assembly.

Claims Coverage

The identified independent claim defines 5 inventive features covering a kit of parts with a mouthpiece module and cooled collection vessel, a sealed and resealable vessel breath inlet, a resealing mechanism, and sample collection and sample containment configurations with resealing after sample collection before full removal.

The independent claim centers on a kit that combines a mouthpiece module with a cooled collection vessel whose vessel breath inlet is sealed before preparation, unsealed during insertion for sample collection, and then resealed by a resealing mechanism so the chamber can be removed in a sealed configuration after sample collection.

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