Abstract: A sample container and filtration apparatus includes a sample container portion with an interior volume and a fluid path passing through a bottom wall. The sample container may also include a valve casing connected to and moveable relative to the sample collection portion between a first and second position. A valve secured to and moveable with the valve casing may close the fluid path of the sample collection portion when in a first position and open the fluid path when in a second position. The apparatus may also include a vacuum base coupling portion that is distal to the valve casing, and includes a filter membrane support surface for supporting a filter membrane.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 23, 2012
Date of Patent:
October 21, 2014
Assignee:
Foxx Life Sciences
Inventors:
Thomas Taylor, Jeffrey Kane, George W. Jordan