Patent ID: 7293477

Claim:
A fluid sampling device comprising: (a) a port insert comprising a body having a plurality of shafts therethrough and sample gating means for individually opening and closing any of said plurality of shafts to enable the flow of fluid, said sample gating means comprising a plurality of rigid elongate members positioned within the plurality of shafts, the elongate members having a front and a rear with the front of the elongate members being positioned adjacent a fluid receptacle, the elongate members having a cap and an opening to a passage of the elongate member behind the cap, the elongate members being displaceable between “open” and “closed” positions such that fluid can flow into the opening behind the cap and through said passage in each member when in said “open” position, but not in said “closed” position; (b) a plurality of flexible conduits, equal in number to said plurality of shafts, each flexible conduit in fluid communication with an individual passage of a member; and (c) a plurality of sample containers, equal in number to said plurality of conduits, each sample container in fluid communication with an individual conduit.