Patent ID: 9554557
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: A01K,A61B

Claim:
1. A system for marking a non-human biological object and removing a sample of the biological object, the system comprising: a first tag part, a second tag part, a pin having a first end and a second end, which pin is connected to the first tag part by the first end and which pin is provided with a head at the second end, a sample removing stopper which, while attaching the tag parts on the biological object, is positioned on the head of the pin, wherein the stopper has an annular cutter at a front of the stopper, which cutter delimits a sample receiving cavity which is open at said front, wherein the second tag part is provided with a passage for the stopper and the head of the pin, a sample container with an introduction opening for introducing into the sample container the stopper and the sample of the object that has been cut by the cutter, which sample container is attached to the second tag part via a releasable connection, in such a manner that the introduction opening of the sample container and the passage of the second tag part lie in line, the system, in use, allowing the pin to be pressed through a part of the biological object, thereby cutting with the cutter a sample from the object, said sample being at least partly received in the sample receiving cavity, and the stopper and the head passing through the passage of the second tag part, as a result of which the first and second tag parts are attached to one another and to the biological object via the pin, the stopper and the sample being introduced into the sample container, said stopper sealing the introduction opening of the sample container, and wherein the region of the passage of the second tag part is provided with a sample fixating spike member having a spike, the sample fixating spike member being secured in an initial position thereof to the second tag part such that when the cutter is pressed onto one side of the object the spike is directed towards the sample receiving cavity of the stopper and engages on the opposite side of the sample to be removed from the object thereby fixating said sample to be removed, and the sample fixating spike member being movable away from said initial position into the sample container under the load of the sample when the cutter is pressed onto the opposite side of the object.