Patent ID: 8361416
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: B01L

Abstract:
1. A device for the preparation and storage of biological sample material, the device comprising: a sample container comprising an upper opening that can be closed by a lid, a lateral wall region, a base and a hygroscopic substance contained in the interior of the sample container for drying sample material in the sample container, wherein the sample container is partitioned into at least two compartments of which one is a sample compartment and the other is a drying compartment containing the hygroscopic substance, wherein the hygroscopic substance communicates with the interior of the sample compartment via a steam exchange connection, and wherein the sample compartment extends in a flush manner from the base of the sample container to an open upper end; and a sample preparation agent having a lower end that can be inserted into the sample container such that the lower end is disposed in the sample container in a defined position above and with a spacing to the open upper end of the sample compartment; wherein at the lower end of the sample preparation agent there is provided a cutting or stamping device by means of which biological sample material can be obtained by guiding of the lower end through tissue, and wherein the cutting or stamping device on the lower end of the sample preparation agent and the open upper end of the sample compartment in the sample container are adapted to one another in such a manner that biological sample material obtained with the cutting or stamping device is located above the sample compartment subsequent to insertion of the sample preparation agent into the sample container and such that biological sample material is adapted to be inserted into the sample compartment or to fall into the sample compartment.