公开(公告)号：US20240142480A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-02

申请号：US17973947

申请日：2022-10-26

Applicant: Elemental Scientific, Inc.

Inventor： Caleb Gilmore ,  Tyler Yost ,  Basanta Bhusal ,  Ripudaman Shekhawat ,  Kevin Conrad

IPC: G01N35/02 ,  G01N1/10 ,  G01N35/10

CPC classification number: G01N35/026 ,  G01N1/10 ,  G01N35/1004 ,  G01N2035/0405

Abstract: Systems and methods for safe collection and transportation of fluid samples for analysis are described. A system embodiment includes, but is not limited to, a housing defining an interior region to introduce a fluid sample to a sample vessel; a support platform to hold the sample vessel and laterally position the sample vessel to a plurality of locations within the interior region; an uncapper configured to automatically remove a cap of the sample vessel from a base of the sample vessel prior to introduction of the fluid sample to the base and to automatically replace the cap to the vessel base subsequent to introduction of the fluid sample to the base; and a fluid sample probe configured to fluidically couple with a fluid sample source and to dispense fluid from the fluid sample source into the vessel base.