A sealing cap seals a sample tube for receiving a liquid, in particular blood. The sealing cap includes a cavity delimited by a membrane and a base having an opening that can be sealed by a non-return valve. In order to reduce the volume of liquid which, during centrifugation of the sample tube sealed by the sealing cap, flows out of the sealing cap through the then open opening into the sample tube, the cavity of the sealing cap has a separating wall that divides the cavity into a first and a second sub-area. Only the second sub-area is above the opening, also meaning that only the volume of liquid in the second sub-area can flow into the sample tube.

Contamination detection systems, kits, and techniques are described for testing surfaces for the presence of analytes of interest, including hazardous contaminants, while minimizing user exposure to these contaminants. Even trace amounts of contaminants can be detected. A collection device provides a swab that is simple to use, easy to hold and grip, allows the user to swab large areas of a surface, and keeps the user's hands away from the surface being tested. The collection device also includes a test strip, and provides a closed fluid transfer mechanism to transfer the collected fluid from the swab to the test strip while minimizing user exposure to hazardous contaminants in the collected fluid. Contamination detection kits can rapidly collect and detect hazardous drugs, including trace amounts of antineoplastic agents, in healthcare settings at the site of contamination.

A vial cap for a sample vial includes a cylindrical cap body defining a first circular opening at a first end. The vial cap also includes a cap lid extending radially inward from a second end of the cylindrical cap body. The cap lid defines a second circular opening. The vial cap also includes a septum located within the cylindrical cap body and in contact with the cap lid. The septum spans the second circular opening defined by the cap lid portion. The vial cap also includes a number of flexible threads extending from an internal surface of the cylindrical cap body.

A medical apparatus and method of preparing one or more cell blocks. The medical apparatus comprises at least one elongate tubular body having a proximal end and a distal end and filter assembly comprising a filter membrane and a border configured to engage the tubular body. The filter membrane and the border are each formed from material that is sectionable.

The present invention provides system and methods for detecting an analyte indicative of an influenza viral infection in a sample of bodily fluid. The present invention also provides for systems and method for detection a plurality of analytes, at least two of which are indicative of an influenza viral infection in a sample of bodily fluid.

An obturation element (1) for a well receiving a chemical or biological solution to be analyzed, including for each well, a plug (4) including an insertion sleeve (5) in the form of a cylinder provided with two truncated areas (15) arranged in a symmetrically opposite manner on the outside of the sleeve to form vents, this insertion sleeve (5) being provided with a bottom wall (9) in which a through-cutout (18) is arranged, oriented radially in the direction of the two truncated areas (15).

Proposed are an all-in-one kit for on-site molecular diagnosis and a molecular diagnosis method using the same. The kit includes a first component including a sample pre-processing part, a nucleic acid adsorption part, and a nucleic acid amplification part, and a second component including a detection part. The sample pre-processing part includes a transfer member for transferring a lysis buffer where a nucleic acid is dissolved and functions to pre-processes a sample. The nucleic acid adsorption part is positioned on the sample pre-processing part and is configured to be slidable onto the nucleic acid amplification part. The nucleic acid amplification part is connected to the sample pre-processing part and functions to elute the nucleic acid from the nucleic acid adsorption part and to amplify the eluted nucleic acid. The detection part functions to transfer the nucleic acid amplified by the nucleic acid amplification part and to detect the nucleic acid.

A method of identifying a fluorescent cell in a sample using a microfabricated chip having a top surface including a plurality of microwells. At least one cell of a sample is loaded into at least one microwell of the plurality of microwells. The microfabricated chip is incubated to grow a population of cells from the at least one cell in the at least one microwell. Fluorescence exhibited by at least one microwell is detected by analyzing an image of the microfabricated chip, to thereby determine a presence of a fluorescent cell of interest in the sample.

The present invention provides methods and devices for simple, low power, automated processing of biological samples through multiple sample preparation and assay steps. The methods and devices described facilitate the point-of-care implementation of complex diagnostic assays in equipment-free, non-laboratory settings. The invention includes a microfluidic device comprising a reagent-dispensing unit, a sample extraction device and a specimen processing unit.

The sample plate has a principal plane in which a plurality of wells is arranged. The sample plate has a plurality of through-holes each allowing a sampling needle to pass through in a region of the principal plane where the wells are not provided, and positions of the wells and positions of the through-holes are designed such that when two pieces of the sample plates are arranged up and down with a predetermined positional relationship in a state in which respective principal planes are arranged in parallel each other, the through-holes of the sample plate arranged on an upper side is arranged at positions directly above respective wells of the sample plate arranged on a lower side.