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    • 10. 发明申请
    • STOOL COLLECTION AND EXTRACTION SYSTEM FOR HUMAN MICROBIOM ANALYSIS
    • WO2023025913A1
    • 2023-03-02
    • PCT/EP2022/073728
    • 2022-08-25
    • IMMUNDIAGNOSTIK AG
    • ARMBRUSTER, Franz PaulRITTINGHAUS, BerndZUDE, Ingmar
    • A61B10/00
    • A specimen collecting system (10) with an elongated sampling utensil (100) for fecal matter and an integrated container for transport, preservation, and extraction of the collected sample. The system comprises an open-ended tubular structure (30) with a fitting hole at an intermediate position (50). The tubular structure can be tightly closed at both ends by screw caps (20, 40). The top cap (20) is integrally molded with or attached to a sampling utensil (100) that is inserted into the tubular structure (30) in the axial direction. The bottom cap (40) forms a liquid-tight distal chamber (32) with the tubular structure (30) and the sampling utensil (100) when inserted into the fitting hole, which is, therefore, capable of receiving a buffer solution. The elongated sampling utensil (100) has a fenestrated segment (110) with a sampling cavity (104) at its axial distal end and a cut-out member (106) at its forward end. The outer dimensions of the sampling utensil and the fenestrated segment (110) cooperate with the fitting hole. The proximal compartment (33) of the tubular structure (30) contains integrally formed with the inner wall spaced guide ribs (310) which direct the sampling utensil (100) through the fitting hole so that fecal matter adhering to or exiting the fenestrated segment (110) is retained in the proximal compartment (33) and displaced into the free space between the guide ribs (310) or within the proximal compartment (33). The fecal specimen collecting system is beneficial for microbiome studies as patients can use the self- explanatory sampling utensil and the cookie-cutter method for a reproducible collection of defined volumes of a stool samples.