The technology relates in part to a segmented pipette tip adapter that includes a plurality of plate segments and a junction between adjacent plate segments. Each of the plate segments often includes a proximal surface, a distal surface, edges, one or more nozzles disposed on the proximal surface, and one or more tubular projections disposed on the distal surface. Each of the nozzles often includes a nozzle bore, each of the tubular projections often includes a tubular projection bore, each of the plate segments often includes a plate bore disposed at each of the nozzles, and each nozzle bore often is aligned with a tubular projection bore and a plate bore. Each junction often is between adjacent edges of a pair of adjacent plate segments.

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus, method, and system for separating a fluid sample. The apparatus for separating a fluid sample may include a receiving chamber comprising a first opening and a second opening. The first opening may have a larger diameter than the second opening. The apparatus may include a channel extending from the second opening of the receiving chamber. The channel may include a proximal end adjacent the receiving chamber and a distal end. The distal end of the channel may bifurcate into a first branch and a second branch. The first branch and the second branch can be inserted into a first container and a second container through a cap having an orifice to separate a fluid sample into the first container and the second container.

An extraction portion which is a piece of a micro sampling chip is safely cut, and the cut extraction portion can be accommodated in a predetermined container without impairing quantitativeness of a sample. A sample extraction tool comprises a through hole for cutting the extraction portion from the micro sampling chip by bending the micro sampling chip while inserting the extraction portion to the through hole, the sample extraction tool is configured to be attached to an upper portion of a container for accommodating the extraction portion in such a state that the through hole is disposed on an open upper surface of the container.

A specimen cap. The specimen cap allows material to be transferred out of a specimen cup without exposing the user (clinician, lab tech, phlebotomist) to the sample. The cap employs a double cap system with a secondary cap providing access to a needle holder that holds a needle assembly. The needle assembly has an upward extending needle, with an optional needle cover, and a downward extending draw or sample tube extending downward to reach the sample contained in the specimen cup.

A device and method are provided to facilitate the handling of a volume of fluid. The device includes an elongated tube having an open first end and a second end. The tube defines a reservoir for receiving the volume of fluid. A stanchion has a first end received within the reservoir of the tube and a second end projecting from the open end of the elongated tube. In operation, the elongated tube is deposited in a first capsule having fluid therein. The first capsule is centrifuged such that the volume of fluid is received in a reservoir in the tube through the open end. The tube is removed from the first capsule and positioned in a second capsule such that the open end of the tube is spaced from a closed end of the second capsule. The second capsule is centrifuged such that the volume of fluid is expelled from the reservoir of the tube.

A specimen cap. The specimen cap allows material to be transferred out of a specimen cup without exposing the user (clinician, lab tech, phlebotomist) to the sample. The cap employs a double cap system with a secondary cap providing access to a needle holder that holds a needle assembly. The needle assembly has an upward extending needle, with an optional needle cover, and a downward extending draw or sample tube extending downward to reach the sample contained in the specimen cup.

An aseptic sampling apparatus includes an isolator, a liquid delivery port that is disposed in the isolator, a sampling section that is disposed inside the isolator, a first flow path that communicates with a discharge flow path of the sampling section, and that connects an inside and outside of the isolator to each other through the liquid delivery port, a fluid supplying unit that supplies a fluid to the sampling section, a gas supplying unit that communicates with the fluid supplying unit, and a seal member that prevents the fluid supplied from fluid supplying unit to the discharge flow path from leaking.

A fluidic interconnect includes a first interface including a liquid port, a gas port, and a cradle; a second interface including a liquid port, a gas port, and a swing bar to engage the cradle, a weight of a container attached to one of the first or second interfaces to drive the liquid port of the first interface into connection with the liquid port of the second interface and the gas port of the first interface into connection with the gas port of the second interface.

A configurable port fitting for a container, such as a bioprocess bag, has one or more O-ring grooves and two opposing locking arms (e.g., 604). The port fitting is mounted onto the container by (i) inserting one end of the port fitting into a port in the container such that O-ring(s) form seals between the O-ring grooves and the container and (ii) rotating the port fitting to engage the locking arms with two opposing retention clips (e.g., 506) of the container. Some port fittings are fixed port fittings that provide a fixed opening into the container. Other port fittings are port sizers that receive a valve connector that enables flow control between closed and open positions. Port fittings of different sizes enable different flow rates. Some port fittings (and other connectors) have a threaded tube barb that receives a threaded tube retainer that secures tubing in place over the barb.

A fluidic connection assembly and methods for quickly connecting or disconnecting a tube to a port by hand and without the use of tools. A body is adapted to receive a tube therethrough, and may have at least two sides which are hinged. Each of the hinged sides has corresponding latching portions or projections located near a lower end of the body. These projections are adapted to fit into a port or other fitting and be securely held in place. The assembly may include a tube extending through a body and through a spring located between the end of the body and the end of the tube, whereby the spring exerts a force directly or indirectly against the end of the tube and against the body, thus holding the tubing securely and sealingly engaged in the port when the assembly is connected. The body may further comprise an additional body or an adapter, and/or a cap and latch. A second spring may be used to push a projecting member into a groove or notch of an adapter when an end of the adapter is inserted into one end of the latch or the body. The fluidic connection assembly is useful in analytical instrument systems, such as for in vitro applications and/or in high pressure applications, among other things, and may be used in methods for connecting, or disconnecting, tubing or a fluidic connection assembly from a port or other fitting or connection.