The present invention relates to a sample container having a new structure to effectively transfer a sample. A sample container according to the present invention includes: a container main body 10 that is formed in a cup shape having an open top surface, and a coupling hole 11 opened in a vertical direction is formed on one side of the container main body 10; a closed and sealed cover 20 that is coupled to an upper end of the container main body 10 to close and seal the container main body 10; and a detachably coupled collection tube 30 that is formed in the shape of a tube that extends in a vertical direction while having an open top surface, and is detachably coupled to the coupling hole 11, wherein a slope 12 that is inclined downward to the inside of the container main body 10 is formed on one side of an external circumferential surface of the container main body 10, wherein a recess portion 13 of which a lower end is open, and the recess portion 13 is formed on one side of the external circumferential surface of the container main body 10, and wherein the coupling hole 11 is formed to penetrate top and bottom surfaces of the recess portion 13, and the coupling hole 11 is formed on the top surface of the recess portion 13, accordingly, there is a merit that, after containing urine in the container main body 10 and combining the closed and sealed cover 20, the container main body 10 can be tilted to easily transfer urine to the collection tube 30 and the urine can be prevented from outflowing and contaminating the surrounding area, being contaminated, or being mistakenly switched.

A core needle biopsy device includes a needle assembly, a drive assembly, and a tissue sample holder. The needle assembly includes a piercer and a hollow cutter. The piercer includes a sharp distal tip and a notch proximal to the distal tip. The piercer is slidably disposed within the cutter to sever a tissue sample into the notch of the piercer. The drive assembly is configured to selectively move the piercer and the cutter. The tissue sample holder has a sample chamber and a wiper. The wiper is movable relative to the piercer and cutter to manipulate a severed tissue sample into the sample chamber.

An oral fluid collection device is provided that includes a borosilicate glass collection tube that can be capped post-collection for containing a human donor's expectorated oral fluid. The collection tube has a lyophilized reagent disposed therein that is essentially free of surfactants and solvents and includes a bacteriostatic, a peptidoglycan cleaving enzyme, an esterase inhibitor, an antioxidant, and a buffer at a pH range of about 5.7 to about 6.5 for stabilizing drugs and drug metabolites that may be present in the donor oral fluid. Interaction between the collected oral fluid and the buffer-preservative is provided by gravity drawing the collected oral fluid downward into contact with the lyophilized buffer-preservative. The lyophilized buffer-preservative brings the collected oral fluid to a pH for stabilization of the drugs and drug metabolites including Δ.sup.9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the major metabolite of THC, 11-nor-Δ.sup.9-tetrahydrocannabinol-9-carboxylic acid, (THCA), cocaine, and the major metabolite of cocaine, benzoylecgonine (BZE).

The device for the storage and traceability of biological specimens placed in holders is provided with identification information in the form of encoded data. The device includes at least one tray provided with a plurality of cells for the storage of the holders provided with storage housings for the holders, at least one apparatus for reading encoded data and determining data relative to the location of each holder within the receptacle, and a computerized processor for the data read and determined by the apparatus. The is a device for recognizing an empty housing within the receptacle defined by a detector for a physical characteristic of the bottom of the cell or an element secured to this bottom.

The present invention relates to a method for managing respiratory infections, a server, and a computer readable storage medium which conducts a respiratory infection test to a client who wants to the respiratory infection tests, receives the client's location information, and provides respiratory infection management information generated using the test result of the respiratory infection and client's location information for other clients so that it may minimize the spread of infection and efficiently quarantine against the respiratory infections while maintaining social and economic activities of the public.

A tissue cutting device that is especially suited for neurosurgical applications is disclosed and described, as well as alternative systems for tissue preservation and transport. The cutting device includes an outer cannula in which a reciprocating inner cannula is disposed. A tissue collector is also provided and is in fluid communication with the lumen of the inner cannula. A temperature control sleeve may be disposed around the tissue collector to control the temperature of the tissue samples. A preservation system may be supplied that is configured to deliver fluids to tissue samples in the tissue collector. A fluid supply sleeve may be disposed about the outer cannula and is selectively positionable along the length of the outer cannula.

Disclosed are systems and methods of lymphatic specimen tracking, visualization, and lymph node drainage pathway determination. An exemplary method includes receiving computed tomographic (CT) image data corresponding to a CT scan, generating a three-dimensional (3D) model of at least a portion of a patient's body based on the CT image data, identifying one or more lymph nodes in the 3D model, performing a registration of the 3D model with one or more physical locations in the patient's body, determining an expected lymph node drainage pathway away from a region of interest through one or more lymph nodes, and displaying the 3D model and the expected lymph node drainage pathway.

The invention relates to a stool sample device [A′] for collecting a stool sample from a region of a human rectum, characterised in that it comprises an outer part and an inner part, wherein the outer part comprises an outer unit [G″], wherein an inner unit [E″] is mounted, further wherein the outer unit [G″] has a round tip and comprises openings for collecting sample; and the inner part comprises the inner unit [E″] fitted with gaskets [D″], further wherein the inner unit [E″] is equipped with a spiral-shaped part or snail placed at the tip end relative to the outer unit [G″] and with a handle for turning [B″] and pulling [C″] at the opposite end relative to the spiral-shaped part or snail, a first gasket [D″] is placed at the tip end of the inner unit [E″], and a second gasket is placed at the opposite end of the inner unit [E″] relative to the spiral-shaped part or snail; wherein the inner unit [E″] can be turned and pulled back by the handle [B″, C″].

A lid for a medical container including a body portion including a locating element, a tamper evident security connector integrally formed with the body portion, the tamper evident security connector including an anchor portion and a frangible portion. The anchor portion can attach to and be retained by an engagement portion fixed in at least one direction relative to the medical container, thereby positioning the frangible portion between the locating element and engagement portion. The frangible portion is adapted to break on relative movement between the lid and the medical container. The lid can be suitable for use in an autoclave, and can be formed from a material or materials that are capable of withstanding a temperature of at least 140° C.

Disclosed are kits for at least partly liquefying tissue. The kit may include a liquefaction promoting medium (LPM). The LPM may include a non-ionic surfactant; a zwitterionic surfactant; and an abrasive material. The kit may include instructions. The instructions may direct a user to treat a tissue of a living subject by: applying the LPM together with the abrasive material to the tissue of the living subject; and transmitting energy to the tissue of the living subject through the abrasive material in the presence of the LPM effective to cause at least partial dissolution of one or more components of the tissue of the living subject.