IP Library Granted Patent US 11,116,206
Granted Patent B2
US 11,116,206 · App. 16/584,458 · Granted Sep 14, 2021

Cryocontainer

Inventors: Jorge L. Jimenez-Rios (Bloomington, IN); Lyle D. Hundley (Bloomington, IN); Victor W. Havill (Bloomington, IN); Erin Elizabeth Roberts (Bloomington, IN); Jaimie Michelle Jarboe (Bloomington, IN)
Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
A01N1/0268A01N1/0242G01N1/42
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,116,206
App. No.
16/584,458
Granted
Sep 14, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sealable container for preservation of a biological sample is provided. The container includes a cap comprising a proximal open and a lumen and an elongate body that extends from a handle portion to a specimen portion. A closure portion is disposed between the handle portion and the specimen portion, wherein the closure portion is configured to make surface to surface contact with the cap when the specimen portion is fully inserted within the lumen. The closure portion comprises an outer diameter that gradually decreases in a direction from the handle portion to the specimen portion. The specimen portion comprises a scooped portion where a distance between the upper surface and the lower surface is less than distances between the upper surface and the lower surface along remaining portions of the specimen portion, wherein the scooped portion is spaced proximally from a distal tip of the specimen portion.

Claims (14)

1. A sealable container for preservation of a biological sample, comprising: a cap comprising a proximal open end and a sealed distal end with a lumen extending from the proximal open end to the sealed distal end;

an elongate body that extends from a handle portion to a specimen portion, wherein the specimen portion is configured to receive a biological sample thereon, further comprising a closure portion disposed between the handle portion and the specimen portion, wherein the closure portion is configured to make surface to surface contact with the cap when the specimen portion of the elongate body is fully inserted within the lumen of the cap,

wherein the closure portion comprises an outer diameter that gradually decreases at a first angle in a direction from the handle portion to the specimen portion, the lumen of the cap comprises an inner diameter that gradually decreases at a second angle in a direction from the proximal open end to the sealed distal end, and the first angle is greater than the second angle; and

wherein the specimen portion comprises an upper surface and an opposite lower surface, wherein the specimen portion comprises a scooped portion where a distance between the upper surface and the lower surface is less than distances between the upper surface and the lower surface along remaining portions of the specimen portion, and wherein the scooped portion is spaced proximally from a distal tip of the specimen portion.

2. The sealable container of claim 1 , wherein the upper surface of the scooped portion is arcuate along a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the elongate body and has a constant cross-section in a direction along the longitudinal axis of the elongate body.

3. The sealable container of claim 2 , further comprising an angled transition between first and second ends of the scooped portion and the specimen portion.

4. The sealable container of claim 1 , wherein the upper surface of the scooped portion is arcuate along a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the elongate body.

5. The sealable container of claim 1 , wherein the handle portion includes a first portion that includes a triangular profile with first, second, and third planar sides arranged along a respective different side of the triangular profile, wherein the triangular profile includes curves between adjacent planar sides of the triangular profile, and wherein both ends of each curve extend continuously from each respective end of each respective planar side.

6. The sealable container of claim 1 , wherein the handle portion includes a recessed portion disposed therealong.

7. The sealable container of claim 6 , wherein the recessed portion is disposed between opposite portions with triangular profiles.

8. The sealable container of claim 1 , wherein the inner diameter of the lumen of the cap increases from the sealed distal end to the proximal open end.

9. The sealable container of claim 1 , wherein the upper surface of the scooped portion is planar.

10. The sealable container of claim 1 , wherein the closure portion transitions to the specimen portion with a first step change in outer diameter.

11. The sealable container of claim 10 , wherein the closure portion transitions to the handle portion with a second step change in outer diameter.

Assignments (6)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 7, 2025
From: NEW US OPCO INC.
To: NEXPRING US OPCO INC.
Reel/Frame 070761/0372 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 30, 2025
From: COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
To: NEW US OPCO INC.
Reel/Frame 070070/0161 →
TERMINATION OF SECURITY INTEREST IN TRADEMARKS AND PATENTS Recorded Dec 5, 2024
From: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Reel/Frame 069516/0799 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2024
From: COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 066700/0277 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 25, 2019
From: JIMENEZ-RIOS, JORGE L.; HUNDLEY, LYLE D.; HAVILL, VICTOR W.; ROBERTS, ERIN ELIZABETH; JARBOE, JAIMIE MICHELLE
To: COOK INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 051103/0134 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 25, 2019
From: COOK INCORPORATED
To: COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Reel/Frame 051103/0581 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62739683 · Oct 1, 2018
Related Publication 20200100494A1 · Apr 2, 2020