Patent ID: 7578205

Claim:
A fluid sampling device comprising: a sampling head, the head having a first and a second major face on opposite sides from each other, the head having a plurality of openings extending through it from the first major face to the second major face, each of the openings adjacent the second face has an attachment port to which a fluid conduit is attached downstream of the second face and port, each conduit having a collection receptacle in fluid communication with the conduit and being downstream of the conduit, each opening adjacent the first major face having a recess that extends in a plane parallel to the first and second major faces, each recess having a movable switch which selectively covers the opening in a manner allowing movement of said switch between a “closed” and an “open” position in the recess and wherein the device from a side of each switch facing the second major face through the collection receptacle is sterile before each switch is moved from its closed to its open position.