Patent ID: 11889996
Assignee: BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 11:
12. A specimen collection container comprising:
a first chamber configured to collect and maintain a fluid for testing, the first chamber having an open top portion, a sidewall, and a bottom portion at a location that is oppositely disposed from the open top portion;
a second chamber having a top, a closed bottom, and a sidewall;
a valve disposed between the first chamber and the second chamber, the valve adjacent the top of the second chamber and the bottom portion of the first chamber and transitionable from an open position which permits fluid communication between the first chamber and the second chamber to a closed position which maintains fluid isolation between the first chamber and the second chamber;
an expandable material disposed within the second chamber, the expandable material being expandable to transition the valve from the open position to the closed position, such that at the closed position, the valve is located adjacent the top of the second chamber and closes the bottom portion of the first chamber;
a removable lid adapted to cover the open top portion of the first chamber to prevent the fluid from leaking from the first chamber, wherein the fluid is maintained in the first chamber when the valve is in the closed position and the fluid is inaccessible from the first chamber via the valve when the valve is in the closed position;
a port having a closed position, wherein the fluid is maintained in the first chamber when the valve is in the closed position and the port is in the closed position and the fluid is inaccessible from the first chamber via the port or via the valve when the valve is in the closed position and the port is in the closed position, wherein the port is disposed within the removable lid adapted to cover the open top portion of the first chamber.