Patent ID: 9743874
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61J,G01N

Claim:
1. A sampling device including: a body having a sampling chamber adapted to receive a liquid to be sampled; an inlet on the body for allowing the liquid to flow into the sampling chamber; a sampling port on the body adapted to receive a sample receiving container for collecting liquid from the sampling chamber thereby fluidly connecting the sample receiving container to the sampling chamber, wherein the sampling port includes a safety shield slidably mounted to the inside of the sampling port, the safety shield slidable between a blocking position in which access to the sampling chamber is restricted and an accessible position in which access to the sampling chamber is allowed, the safety shield including an aperture through which a needle can move when the safety shield moves into the accessible position, wherein the safety shield incorporates an elastomeric septum over the aperture on the safety shield so that in the blocking position a cutting end of the needle is enclosed and sealed from the external environment by the elastomeric septum thus allowing the use of non-sheathed needles for the sampling chamber, wherein the safety shield is locked in the blocking position until a suitable sample receiving container is inserted into the sampling port, and wherein the locking is provided by one or more locking clips, locking tabs or locking features that prevent the safety shield from sliding down towards the needle and the base of the sampling port.