Patent ID: 8957778
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: B01L,C12M,G01N

Abstract:
1. A sample collection system comprising: a vessel having an interior containing a sample to be collected within the interior, a port in the vessel providing access to the interior, at least one sample storage device, having an interior region for containing a collected sample, an exterior surface, and a port for providing access to the interior region, a sample collecting device being formed of a sample collection holder and one or more sample collectors, wherein the sample collection holder is liquid tightly sealed to the port in the vessel and attached to the one or more sample collectors, wherein each of the one or more sample collectors has a selectively closed front portion, an open rear portion, a passageway providing a fluid pathway between the selectively closed front portion and the open rear portion, and a conduit having upstream and downstream portions, wherein the upstream portion of the conduit is connected to the open rear portion of the sample collector, and the downstream portion of the conduit is connected to the port of the at least one sample storage device, a first wireless memory/communication device directly attached to the exterior surface of a respective one of the at least one sample storage device for the storage of data, and a second wireless memory/communication device directly attached to the sample collection holder, wherein information from the second wireless memory/communication device is written to the first wireless memory/communication device when the at least one sample storage device is attached to the sample collection holder.