Provided is an autologous culture method of autologous stem cells according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the autologous culture method including: (a) accommodating one's own stem cells collected by a medical institution and a first culture medium in a first culture container from the medical institution to a one's own culture device; (b) controlling the culture device to establish an environment suitable for culture of stem cells; (c) observing the stem cells cultured in the first culture container of the culture device; (d) replacing the first culture medium in the first culture container; (e) separating cultured stem cells from the first culture container; and (f) accommodating separated stem cells in a second culture container with a second culture medium. Accordingly, as an individual cultures one's own stem cells by oneself, costs may be remarkably reduced, a replacement of one's own stem cells with other's stem cells may be fundamentally prevented, and an environment suitable for the culture of one's own stem cells may be provided.

Disclosed herein is a transport device comprising a first section of an outer container comprising a shell on the inside having the shape of a spherical cap with an inner diameter and an opening, wherein the opening of the spherical cap faces upwards, and an inner container having an upper section, a lower section and an inner hollow volume defined thereby, wherein at least the lower section has a spherical shape on the outside, the outer diameter of which is smaller than the inner diameter of the spherical cap of the outer container. The inner container is suitable to be arranged in the spherical cap of the outer container in a freely pivotable fashion, and is capable of accommodating a payload.

A portable fluid transportation enclosure can include a specimen carrier within a portable container that can be transported portably by a user. The carrier can define one or more specimen bores therein, where each specimen bore can be configured to receive a specimen therein. Such a gyroid shaped carrier within a container can improve heat transfer between specimen supported by the carrier and can help to limit shock transferred to the specimen within the carrier, such as from an impact to the container in which the gyroid carrier is located.

The Mailable Inspector Collector is a (1) single-use device for (2) user-friendly collection, inspection, and (3) rendering of test results to confirm or deny the presence of a pathogen using (4) Nanotechnology with an (5) portable isothermal assay methodology, which may (6) reveal results, via color change and/or fluorescence (e.g. FAM channel excitation 470 nm to 520 nm.), the presence of at least one specific pathogen. The Mailable Inspector Collector invention can be (7) administered, distributed and disposed of by leveraging a delivery infrastructure, such as that offered by the United States Postal Service (USPS), to address the following known issues: (8) Mass distribution to the public; (9) Recycling of used elements; (10) Easy non-intrusive manner whereby a Test Subject may contribute a sample; (11) Easy manner to discern test results within minutes without complex laboratory equipment; (12) Facilitate relevant data collection as well as contact tracing.

A sample processing unit (SPU)-equipped drone for transporting and processing biological materials and method of using same is disclosed. In some embodiments, the presently disclosed SPU-equipped drone and method provide a drone equipped to carry an SPU and wherein the SPU may include a centrifuge arranged inside a temperature-controlled chamber and wherein the centrifuge may be used to process biological materials at the same time that the SPU-equipped drone is in flight. Further, a method of using the presently disclosed SPU-equipped drone for transporting and processing biological materials is provided.

Provided herein is technology relating to collecting and containing samples and particularly, but not exclusively, to technology for collecting and containing a stool specimen. The technology provides a device for collecting and containing a stool specimen, the device comprising ergonomic features optimized for a geriatric user. The technology also provides an enclosing holder for securing the ergonomic stool specimen container in a leak-proof manner e.g., during mechanical shaking.

Methods and devices are provided for executing temperature-controlled shipment of relatively small temperature-sensitive payloads. A vacuum shipper may include a vacuum container and a PCM pack with an outer wall broadly form fitting to the vacuum container. The PCM pack includes a payload cavity and may be pre-conditioned at an effective charging temperature for an effective charging time. A temperature-sensitive payload is placed in the payload cavity. An insulated stopper is pressed into a mouth of the vacuum container. The vacuum shipper may then be conveyed by commercial express freight to its destination within an effective endurance time.

A transport packaging includes a tray formation which is configured to hold a plurality of containers with mutual separation to avoid mutual contact of the containers. The tray formation includes a first tray part having a plurality of pockets configured to receive first ends of the containers and a second tray part removably coupled to the first tray part and having a corresponding plurality of pockets configured to receive second ends of the containers. The first tray part is formed such that, when the second tray part is removed so that the second ends of the containers are free from the pockets of the second tray part, the free second ends of the containers are free to be brought into mutual contact while the first ends of the containers are still received in the pockets of the first tray part.

A holder rack has an array of tubular slots that cooperate with a holder to position an absorbent tip of the holder at a predetermined location. The racks fit over well plates to position each absorbent tip adjacent the bottom of a different well in the well plate to extract dried samples from the absorbent tips. The holders are transported in containers having a frame to receive the holders and a lid to keep them in the container. The absorbent tips can extend through a cap to dry, with the cap connected to the holder to enclose the absorbent tips for transport.

Provided herein is technology relating to collecting and containing samples and particularly, but not exclusively, to technology for collecting and containing a stool specimen. The technology provides a device for collecting and containing a stool specimen, the device comprising ergonomic features optimized for a geriatric user. The technology also provides an enclosing holder for securing the ergonomic stool specimen container in a leak-proof manner e.g., during mechanical shaking.