Patent ID: 7993315

Claim:
A sperm collecting apparatus comprising: a container including a cylindrical container main unit having at least one end face in a longitudinal direction and a cap that is attachable to an opening portion of the container main unit to close and open the opening portion; a core member made from a gel-like material, which is accommodated in said container and has an insertion room extending from an insertion port at one end face in a longitudinal direction therein; wherein said core member includes a core main unit having said insertion port and said insertion room and a plurality of ribs extending from an outer face of the core main unit; wherein a plurality of sealed rooms is formed by the outer face of the core main unit, by the plurality of ribs and an inner wall of said container main unit by contacting a plurality of outer end edges of said respective ribs with the inner wall of said container main unit; wherein said plurality of sealed rooms is arranged in a longitudinal direction of said core member; and wherein said plurality of ribs comprise a plurality of plate-like lateral ribs extending in a direction crossing an axial direction of said core main unit and a plurality of longitudinal ribs extending in a direction parallel to the axial direction of said core main unit and connecting respective said lateral ribs.