Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for passive collection of sperm having improved motility from a semen sample. The semen sample is contacted with on side of a porous barrier and a nutrient-containing media is contacted with the other side of the porous barrier. More robust sperm migrate from the semen sample through the porous barrier and are collected in a nutrient-containing media.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 5, 2023
Publication date:
April 25, 2024
Applicants:
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, RSI TECHNOLOGY GROUP, LLC
Abstract: The present invention relates in general to the improved containment of biological fluids. In particular, a method and apparatus for collection and preservation of fluid samples in accordance with the present invention results in collection of semen having improved viability both at the time of collection and after storage. The disclosed methods and apparatuses methods support a wide variety of applications for containment of biological fluids related to human and veterinary medicine including, but not limited to, human reproductive medicine and animal husbandry.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 24, 2022
Publication date:
October 13, 2022
Applicants:
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, RSI TECHNOLOGY GROUP, LLC
Inventors:
Samuel D. Prien, Lindsay L. Penrose, Diana M. Peninger
Abstract: The present invention relates in general to the improved containment of biological fluids. In particular, a method and apparatus for collection and preservation of fluid samples in accordance with the present invention results in collection of semen having improved viability both at the time of collection and after storage. The disclosed methods and apparatuses methods support a wide variety of applications for containment of biological fluids related to human and veterinary medicine including, but not limited to, human reproductive medicine and animal husbandry.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 30, 2021
Date of Patent:
August 2, 2022
Assignees:
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, RSI TECHNOLOGY GROUP, LLC
Inventors:
Samuel D. Prien, Lindsay L. Penrose, Diana M. Peninger
Abstract: The present invention relates in general to the improved containment of biological fluids. In particular, a method and apparatus for collection and preservation of fluid samples in accordance with the present invention results in collection of semen having improved viability both at the time of collection and after storage. The disclosed methods and apparatuses methods support a wide variety of applications for containment of biological fluids related to human and veterinary medicine including, but not limited to, human reproductive medicine and animal husbandry.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 30, 2021
Publication date:
December 30, 2021
Applicants:
Texas Tech University System, RSI Technology Group, LLC
Inventors:
Samuel D. Prien, Lindsay L. Penrose, Diana M. Peninger