Patent ID: 6659338
Filing Date: 2003-12-09
Classification: A01K,A61B,G01N

Abstract:
A device for withdrawing biological samples, characterized by the fact that by means of a sample-removing device a tissue sample is removed from a living being, wherein by taking the sample a coded labeling of the living being and part of the sample-removing device takes place, said device consisting of a sample container, formed out of one or two components, and a cover for sample containers, formed out of one or two components, whereby the sample container and the cover are joined to form the test capsule, said device further characterized in that the device makes available a mechanism, which punches or shoots a component of a test capsule by means of a type of firing pin through the tissue, after placement of the device on tissue and actuating the trigger mechanism, in such a way that a tissue sample is removed on the path through the tissue and the sample remover is brought together with another part of a test capsule in the same course of motion to produce the closed test capsule.