Patent ID: 6852288

Claim:
A device for collecting samples from within a sealed system, comprising: a housing, said housing having an internal cavity sealed from the ambient environment outside the housing; a plurality of receptacles, each of said plurality of receptacles being movable into said internal cavity of said housing and fillable with a flowable material while within said internal cavity of said housing, respectively; and a filled receptacle holder, said filled receptacle holder receiving each of said plurality of receptacles after each of said plurality of receptacles has been filled, said filled receptacle holder being sealed with said housing to form a barrier between the environment within said internal cavity of said housing and the ambient environment outside said housing, wherein said filled receptacle holder is an integral tube which is separable into a plurality of filled receptacle compartments, a first of said plurality of compartments having an open end thereof forming a seal with said housing, and a last of said plurality of compartments having a closed distal end, each of said plurality of compartments being closable to contain at least one of said plurality of filled receptacles therein in an isolated manner.