Patent ID: 7964098

Claim:
An apparatus for filtering a fecal specimen biological sample comprising: a body member having an upper end and a lower end and defining a workspace therewithin; a first attachment portion integrally joined to the lower end of the body member for interlockingly receiving a filtered sample container; a second attachment portion integrally joined to the upper end of the body member for interlockingly receiving a sample transport container; a substantially elongate conically-shaped fecal specimen filter member located within said workspace, the height of the filter member being greater than the width of the filter member and forming a steeply inclined wall to provide for an increased filter surface area, the filter member being integrally joined to the lower end of the body member and extending upwardly above said lower end of the body member toward said upper end of the body member, the filter member defining a plurality of openings in its upwardly extending portion; and an elongate conically-shaped hollow gas exchange stem joined to the distal end of said filter member for exchanging gas therethrough, said gas exchange stem further including a plurality of gas exchange vents positioned at the distal end of the gas exchange stem, said gas exchange stem vents exchanging gas therethrough, and said gas exchange stem and said gas exchange stem vents, respectively, being oriented at a steep angle of the conical shape to allow for a potentially clogging fecal specimen to slide away from said gas exchange vents and thereby prevent clogging.